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

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1 ‘ Do you think that if I said please very nicely like that your mãe might give me a drink , too ? ’
2 ‘ Miss Abberley used to give me these chocolates , you see , Christmas and Easter , regular as clockwork .
3 The opportunity to go away from the school and work in a different atmosphere and with people who might have a different perspective on the management of organizations would give me the chance to look back into the school more objectively and question some of the assumptions I had grown to accept .
4 Winter should give me a taste of it .
5 Ruth 'll give me a hand .
6 ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table .
7 ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table .
8 However , the inheritance would give me independence for life , and I was glad of that .
9 Sometimes when we 'd been out to clubs Bernie would give me a lift home to my parents ' , right out in Greenford where we 'd moved just about the time I started keeping twilight hours .
10 ‘ I want this country to be so proud of me that the Queen will give me one of her crowns .
11 ‘ But I really do n't think your voodoo can give me all the things I want in life . ’
12 ‘ I Spent yesterday at Eastleech , Highworth and Letchlade , searching for her , but none of her relatives could give me a clue .
13 If the hon. Gentleman will give me details of the particular case that he has mentioned , I will certainly have it examined .
14 That God will give me a clear vision for the future and reveal to me the next step after DTS .
15 Er I did ask the question as well what what 's going to happen to these trees or what happens to these trees when the City Council removes them and I 've never got an answer yet and I 'm going to keep asking somebody some day will give me an answer .
16 but we used to take them to the pictures on Saturday afternoon my mum used to give me nine pence
17 To do so at risk to you or Norman would give me no happiness , dearest .
18 I thought ‘ interesting ’ and kept it for pet for about three weeks ; I called it George , and people would give me extra helpings ‘ because you 're eating for two now . ’
19 ‘ Do you think God would give me the vision and no way to make it come true ?
20 I 'm praying that God will give me the strength to put up with this chap , spouting his everlasting Socialist claptrap . ’
21 Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case .
22 Then Carole 'll give me five pound a week now look , and then you finish in two weeks love and then you can order covers or whatever you wan na order .
23 I fondly hoped the isolation of Gullholm would give me the requisite peace and quiet to meet it . ’
24 But later he said : ‘ If the public thinks I deserve to fight for the title again and one of the champions would give me a title shot , I 'll come back .
25 Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I 'd ill-treated her best friend .
26 I imagine that rearranging furniture will give me room to think more spaciously .
27 I take it that the Foreign Secretary will give me an answer to that question .
28 But frustration can be forgotten within moments , whereas these bruises will give me ugly dark purple patches for ages . ’
29 A night spent gummed to the plane 's polyester would give me the full story either way .
30 ‘ You 're the only one whose untimely end would give me intense pleasure .
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