Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] give [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 they must normally give you notice in person .
2 But they 'll also give you hours of pleasure just by being there .
3 For example sometimes they overestimate certain works of art and you wonder you know during the sale you see it 's estimated forty to fifty thousand so you think they 'll never give it to you for less .
4 okay cos they 'll all want some , they 'll all give me about ten P which is n't much
5 Cos you just sit there and , do you think you can lend me some money , please , I promise I 'll pay you back , and they 'll all give you about ten P , some of them give you fifty , some of them give you twenty got about , I was thinking you could just go in there and save up for all your Christmas shopping could n't you ?
6 They 'll only give you three months of Sky programmes .
7 The fact is , they 'll only give you BSkyB until December .
8 At the end of five years , you 've got the option er and you can er then extend the er into the erm er next issue if you wish , or you can go on the extension rate , which is n't usually good , or in index-linked certificates ' case , they 'll perhaps give you indexation , but no er bonuses .
9 Sometimes they might just give you a caution .
10 They might even give them a tip .
11 Margaret , they could n't give me on just now .
12 Margaret , they could n't give me on just now .
13 You sat there , Robin Banko , and you wrote such total rubbish they could n't give you an A , B or C for a single subject .
14 Obviously they could n't give us
15 Town councillor Fred Morris said : ‘ They could not give us hope .
16 The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite .
17 So he say they 'll give it to you back so that 's what they done they give me me money back , cos they 'd already give him back his , you see .
18 So it 's a half amp so what sized fu and they would probably give you erm , are you going to use a three amp , a five amp or a fif or a thirteen amp fuse ?
19 A at a guess I would think they would probably give you about three to six months ' worth of pay as compensation , if
20 It did n't seem to her that Timothy Gedge was trying to make a joke , yet it was amazing that he was saying all this just to pay them back for not being friendly or because he wanted a wedding-dress they would n't give him , or for any reason at all .
21 He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them .
22 There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think .
23 They would n't give her your address , of course , but promised to refer to you through me . ’
24 So , off I went to Tokyo and spent days in the Russian Embassy with the RCA Tokyo man , Mr Yamamoto , but still they would n't give me one .
25 If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day .
26 I have been living in the city for three years and if I were to go to the estates now they would n't give me work .
27 They would n't give me credit in the shop . ’
28 that 's why they would n't give me my me give me the money back
29 For instance , they would n't give you loans except on condition you left the independent union .
30 And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else .
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