Example sentences of "[vb infin] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | You feel good about the help you 've given perhaps , but you still wish the person would only ring when it 's essential . |
| 2 | It would 've given us another month to play with at least . |
| 3 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 4 | I should 've given this some thought . |
| 5 | As a standalone machine I would 've given it a fourth star . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd 've given it to you ; I was n't holding out . |
| 7 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 8 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
| 9 | Right , from Highgate has said if the good lord wanted cats to fly he would 've given them wings , it 's cruel doing things like that to animals . |
| 10 | It was , Be blessings on thee , I mean and may God bless you for the help you 've given me . |
| 11 | That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe . |
| 12 | You had a choice of an eight or a three I had two jacks and a king you chose the three , the two turned up that would 've given you eight and a but you picked the three so that 'll give you more in the box as well an three hit your three hit your hand as well so |
| 13 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 14 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
| 15 | Sorry that was squared yeah so the differential of that would 've given us twice er would have given us twice that . |
| 16 | no good it 's three times too much so he must have started off with X cubed over three and that would 've given us one third of three X squared |
| 17 | No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem . |
| 18 | see you 've given her the |
| 19 | Then do n't you think given that case , we should set up a whole inter international thing , which oversees all the governments ? |
| 20 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 21 | Interviewers will make up their own list depending on the job and will not doubt give more weight to some items . |
| 22 | Delegates approved a policy which would seek to give workers the freedom to organise effective industrial action . |
| 23 | ( And the Children 's Bill currently going through Parliament will seek to give them more rights and protection . ) |
| 24 | However , a theory which was recognizably utilitarian in spirit might seek to give priority in some way to the prevention of suffering over that of the promotion of happiness . |
| 25 | Although the state might operate as an honest broker between different sections of the ruling class and may seek to give the appearance of neutrality to mystify its class nature and role , it will never be neutral as between the general interests of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat . |
| 26 | We will seek to give our judgment quickly . ’ |
| 27 | I did n't even trouble to give the post-office people our new address , because everybody who knows us , knows where we 've gone . |
| 28 | THE parents of a little boy who died after being knocked down while learning his Green Cross Code told last night how he made them promise to give his organs to suffering children . |
| 29 | ‘ I did promise to give you that chance , ’ he admitted . |
| 30 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |