Example sentences of "he would give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strange circle — not all of one tribe or one nation , but ever-present , as though rubbing up against him would give them some strength . |
| 2 | Is it Friend ? thought Chesarynth , sure that something about him would give himself away . |
| 3 | Cameron passed it by , the man could stew in his choler for a while , and when the dark came on and his servants and womenfolk grued at every owl-call or salmon-splash from the river , his defiance would burn lower and he would give his name . |
| 4 | This echoes the statement in their second encounter that he , Porfiry , has no intention of making an immediate arrest because by doing so he would give the murderer somebody to be : ‘ I 'd give him , so to say , a definite position , I 'd give him psychological definition and peace . ’ |
| 5 | Another member of the quintet , one Lyamshin , a post-office clerk , gets himself asked to parties where ‘ he would give imitations of a pig , a thunder storm , a confinement , with the first cry of the baby , etc. , etc. ; that was what he was invited for ’ ; and later we hear of him ‘ mimicking , when requested , various types of jews , a deaf peasant woman making her confession , or the birth of a child … ’ . |
| 6 | He said this summer that as he gradually wound down his involvement in sport , Henley would be the last thing he would give up . |
| 7 | For such occasions Milton had perfected an immaculate form of rapid-fire introduction in which he would give his guests both their potted biographies and list of credits . |
| 8 | He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle . |
| 9 | I wish he would give me some of that , I 'm flipping starved . |
| 10 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 11 | The president promised Mr Markovic , whom he had backed on previous occasions , that he would give it . |
| 12 | Maybe , if she was good , he would give it to her . |
| 13 | He would give it a whole chapter . |
| 14 | He would give them the note ; and then he would have a method of beating the rhythm for several bars and — and this was always remarkable — the choir would enter with a sound that had an unbelievable power and precision in the attack . |
| 15 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 16 | According to an apocryphal story he was stopped in the foyer and asked what advice he would give to an eager undergraduate embarking on a career . |
| 17 | Mr Kinnock has already warned that he would give Mr Ashdown a ‘ short , sharp ’ lesson in political poker . |
| 18 | But he would give generously of his time to such organisations as the British Council , helping to audition young people with ambitions to dance . |
| 19 | Deputy Judge Robert Reid , QC , said he would give his ruling on the application on Wednesday . |
| 20 | He informed us in a haughty spirit that he would give my people thirty days to go back home , collect all their stock , and move to the reservation , saying , ‘ If you are not here in that time , I shall consider that you want to fight , and will send my soldiers to drive you on ’ . |
| 21 | On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information . |
| 22 | Still , he would give Carter a call . |
| 23 | And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’ |
| 24 | Women say their partners have unpleasant habits , many of which interfere with lovemaking , such as ‘ burping ’ , ‘ breaking wind ’ , ‘ scratching ’ , ‘ snorting with catarrh ’ , smoking ( ‘ I wish he would give up smoking . |
| 25 | He would give a clear , coherent account of how and why he had stabbed , shot , strangled , gassed or electrocuted her . |
| 26 | He would give himself a treat today . |
| 27 | But the day when I first beheld this city I was well pleased therewith , and coveted it that I might be its Lord ; and I besought the Lord our God that he would give it me . |
| 28 | He announced that if ‘ the House would sanction such a plan ’ , he would give notice in the Autumn for the preparation of an Act of Parliament to acquire the necessary property . |
| 29 | Then he would give J. a leer in the morning , ‘ Had another late night , have we ? ’ |
| 30 | Commenting on Prost 's alleged statement that he would give Mansell half his salary if the Englishman would stay at Williams , Mansell said : ‘ Prost is full of s*** , The guy just tells so many porky pies . ’ |