Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should 've given this some thought . |
| 2 | I should like to give some examples of my concern about the report 's thoroughness and/or objectivity . |
| 3 | I 'll have to give this floor a wipe again . |
| 4 | I 'd hesitate to give much weight to her story in the normal run because she does seem to have a screw loose , but it ties in so well with Norman Pinder 's recollections , and they are totally independent witnesses . ’ |
| 5 | Someday , if ever I found the right producer and a label were interested , I 'd like to give that a shot . ’ |
| 6 | The lass is right , she thought — in her place , I would have given much the same answer . |
| 7 | I would have given much to meet him at Elsfield during one of his fleeting visits : indeed there was no one I would have been more interested to meet . |
| 8 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Soon I shall have given enough souls to my Masters . |
| 10 | Huy wondered whether that eldest daughter , who worked as Reni 's secretary , had helped him destroy the documents he drew up during Akhenaten 's reign , which would have given such priceless ammunition to his enemies , before turning his attention to the newcomers . |
| 11 | On only one point is there evidence which would seem to give some basis for dating the competition , namely a marginal note in Mecdi 's article on Hocazade which states that the latter was kadi of Edirne the position to which he went alter holding the professorship of the Zeyrek medrese — in 871/1466–7 , " a few documents written by him " having been seen . |
| 12 | If you want her to work closely in a team , you may wish to give some thought to the matters I have mentioned . |
| 13 | She may like to give this to the WRVS or Oxfam , who would be happy to collect it if necessary , as would ‘ Help the Aged ’ and many other organisations . |
| 14 | You 'll have to give these brakes a bit more welly |
| 15 | ‘ And here lies Aldhelm , who could have given that brother a face and a name , beyond any question . |
| 16 | She 'd have to give this … person … something or it would spoil Sam 's holiday — which was like saying it would spoil his entire year . |
| 17 | She 'd have given both arms to have avoided even meeting the blasted man . |
| 18 | Well she used to have to give some give somebody sixpence which were a lot of money in them days . |
| 19 | As soon as your order is placed , you will have to give some thought to the welcome your plants will receive . |
| 20 | She 's got our number all right an' we 'll 'ave to give this place a miss for a long time after this . |
| 21 | Oh , we could have give that one to Reg as well but it 's a bit busted up . |
| 22 | Now policemen , we used to have to give these blessed people these tickets , and we used to have a book , and they just merely gave name , age , occupation , which was nearly always labourer , where , and they had to tell us where they came from and where they intended going to , and more often that was from Stowmarket to , or the other way round . |
| 23 | Later , we shall try to give more substance to the metaphor of " transparency " and " opacity " in style ( 1 4 ) . |
| 24 | What we would demand given half a chance : Electro-shock treatment for anyone with home-made tattoos . |
| 25 | The increase is slightly less in the case of beverages , which is what one would expect given that wine stocks could service two establishments more easily than food ones . |
| 26 | ‘ Middlesbrough is richly endowed with religious communities and during the coming months we will need to give some careful thought as to how our own diocese can benefit from this moment of Grace for the whole church . ’ |
| 27 | Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |
| 28 | if choreographers wish to make their design more interesting they should attempt to give each step and pose some distinctive quality or unusual place in the design , which may or may not break the old conventions . |
| 29 | So while he could have given this kind old Cornish gentleman an eye-opening insight into the plans being made on the Continent of Europe to bring England back within Rome 's jurisdiction , he was content to let his host do most of the talking . |
| 30 | Well , of course , if Niki left , Mario said back then , he 'd have to give that a good long look . |