Example sentences of "[vb mod] give away " in BNC.

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1 Yet there were also incentives for Louis IX to come to terms : Joinville reports that Louis replied to his critics , who asked why he should give away ‘ so great a part of your land , that you and your ancestors have conquered , and which has been forfeited ’ , that he had given Henry , Aquitaine , Gascony and the three dioceses ‘ to create affection between my children and his , who are cousins-germain' .
2 I may give away everything I have , and even give up my body to be burned — but if I have no love this does me no good .
3 bee-keeper may give away a hive , and later the recipient will find a way of unobtrusively repaying the kindness either with an appropriate gift or with some worthwhile service .
4 Evelyn would have been shocked to hear anyone else say the same , but she had washed her hands of Rose Williams , and a mixture of tiredness and terror that Jackie might give away their secrets made her callous .
5 But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart .
6 We 'll give away one of these cameras and rolls of film EVERY WEEK to the reader who sends the best fun picture .
7 We 'll give away one of these cameras and rolls of film every week for the best fun colour picture .
8 On my daughter 's wedding day ten thousand pounds I 'll give away .
9 All too easily they feared , a recce might leave traces of the visit which , even if the lone navigator was not captured , could give away the intended landing point for an assault force .
10 However , some natives at this time became unreliable guides and could give away a patrol 's position .
11 But questions will be asked about a defensive unit that could give away three goals .
12 CAUTION — make sure you get the ball and not the player , or you could give away a free kick !
13 No as far as as far as the ball and the roller is concerned , thos those are something we could give away from somebody else 's stand .
14 She 'd give away her last penny .
15 AVON : David McConnell used to give away cologne as a come-on for his door-to-door book sales .
16 Whatever the answers , the enemy must not discover these questions were being asked , for this would give away the landing areas of a future invasion .
17 And you could n't ask for copies of all these , you 'd have to ask for just one , and that would give away your interest , too .
18 The Beefeater group will give away £250,000 worth of drinks to ‘ designated drivers ’ from December 5 to 31 .
19 The festival organisers will give away one free ballon ride a day in a prize draw .
20 Those generous people at Trantec have told us we can give away the very S1000 we reviewed a couple of months back , and we do n't need telling twice …
21 Courageous in taking on the over-spending bogey that did such havoc in 1987 , it nevertheless opened the floodgates to a fortnight of ‘ we can give away more tax than you ’ , and exchanges between the two parties of a staggering triviality that effectively supplanted any wider debate about the economy .
22 It can give away too much profit .
23 can give away .
24 So you can give away more than they , they gi than they pay you ?
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