Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] to give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
| 2 | ‘ I intend to give it a really good go , because I have the opportunity this year which I did n't have last season . ’ |
| 3 | I intend to give you a demonstration today based on work that Kevin has done . |
| 4 | So I tend to give them a wide berth wherever possible . |
| 5 | When I 'm not working , I tend to give it a break from putting anything on it . |
| 6 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 7 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
| 8 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |
| 9 | ‘ Please — I want to give you a message for Harriet Shakespeare . ’ |
| 10 | I want to give you a chance to put the record straight . |
| 11 | He took lots of notes and after three days he said , ‘ Raymond , I want to give you a check . |
| 12 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 13 | But er I hope to give you an idea for that . |
| 14 | When people seem to be falling down , I like to give them the opportunity to right themselves . |
| 15 | Most of them think it 's as easy as that and then I have to give them the ‘ hard facts ’ about cost and time . |
| 16 | I have to give him a name . |
| 17 | I have to give it an important-sounding name . |
| 18 | I have to give you a . |
| 19 | I have n't got er I have to give you the figure afterwards erm no I have got it , I have got it . |
| 20 | Just let's get settled in and then I promise to give you a chance . |
| 21 | ‘ If you want to give me a ‘ producer ’ , ’ I went on , ‘ then give me one . |
| 22 | You want to give me a hand with this ? ’ |
| 23 | People are joining us all the time , so I 'm very briefly er just in a word or two , going to go over the subjects , and then if you want to give me a ring , please do so . |
| 24 | If you 've time to spare and you want to give yourself a pleasure , the Italian boy 's schooling Miss Dersingham 's big fellow . ’ |
| 25 | O nine O four six four one six four one any calls about dogs or er any other sort of animal you want to give us a ring call us now . |
| 26 | If you want to give us a donation that 's entirely welcome . |
| 27 | ‘ When talent comes through you want to give it a chance , ’ said Gooch . |
| 28 | ‘ If we can prove this works , ’ Mr Dowding said , ‘ I am sure there are a lot of other farmers who want to give it a try and are just waiting . |
| 29 | They can not just choose to hurt you , you have to give them the chance ( for example by joining in activities like those listed above ) — so do n't ! |
| 30 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |