Example sentences of "to give i the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alistair Scott and John Shrewsbury were kind enough to give me the opportunity to work with the BBC and I hope to have the privilege again . |
| 2 | ‘ Stapleton told me that he could not allow any other man to give me the money for my divorce , ’ Mrs Lyons said . |
| 3 | In fact later on during the flight , when I 'd unravelled myself from this guy and was playing poker with some French people , I asked God to give me the sign then , in the hand I was about to get . |
| 4 | Seumas Ban the steward whiles comes down special to give me the word , so that I can tell the bees . ’ |
| 5 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |
| 6 | Luckily , I had that stubborn streak to give me the determination to do it . |
| 7 | ‘ I know fighting Bowe would be exciting because it would be a rematch of the Olympic final and no doubt he 'll be gracious enough to give me the chance to fight him again , ’ he jibed , tongue in cheek . |
| 8 | He offered the pack to Bellamy , who accepted one , and conspicuously failed to give me the chance to take the easy way out by tarring the inside of my lungs until I choked . |
| 9 | Right facing this way Simon can you turn round as well please , Robert Right the first game very easy , I 'm going to point to somebody , we 're going to go through the alphabet , they 're going to give me the name of an animal . |
| 10 | Oh dear right , I have n't put here 's the darts , darts ambulance you have , have to give me the name , the classification and club |
| 11 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 12 | She thought about that one for a second , then decided to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 13 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 14 | ‘ But everybody seems to want me to stay on — it 's up to Frank to give me the nod and I will sign . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And I 've no intention of allowing you to give me the slip tonight . |
| 16 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 17 | My wife telephoned to give me the news which had been heard by our daughter listening to the radio . |
| 18 | But there I am , waiting for them to give me the okay . ’ |
| 19 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |
| 20 | I got them to give me the number for the cleaners ' mess-room and asked there . |
| 21 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I 'd like you to give me the answer to a question . ’ |
| 23 | I read it in one twenty-minute sitting , howled like a baby for ten more minutes , then phoned the producer and practically begged her to give me the job . |
| 24 | " I 'd like you to give me the wedding-dress you got from the children . " |
| 25 | In the same year , 1741 , Christie was also pressing Lord Milton to exert his influence with the colonel of the Highland Regiment ‘ to give me the Cloathing of that Regiment for the incouradgement of our Scots manufactorys … this jobb wou 'd employ many poor familys in the country … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I want to know what you told the copper , what he told you , why you sent Sal down to Cawthorne 's place at the weekend , what you 're going to do about her now , what you intend doing about Alec Reynolds now that he 's dead and why you 're trying to give me the bum 's rush . |
| 27 | Consequently , there is no test I can perform , comparable to dissolving oxides in water , and so on , to give me the right to say something looks white . |