Example sentences of "would give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would n't be time enough to think but at least it would give me a chance to calm down . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I wish he would give me some of that , I 'm flipping starved . |
| 4 | I wish he would give me some too , but I suppose he brought the bread just for the birds . |
| 5 | Only two and a half hours more to go , I told myself , and fixed the old lady with a hard stare that I hoped somehow conveyed to her what pleasure , what deep and lasting pleasure , it would give me to haul her off her seat and push her out the window . |
| 6 | In fact , I took three — I figured this would give me some insurance — then retired to a new seat to watch the board . |
| 7 | This morning I telephoned my agent from the kiosk on the corner of the road to make sure that he had received the first fourteen or fifteen thousand words of my novel and , hopefully , to hear him say that , yes , he thought a publisher would give me a worthwhile advance ( much needed ) on the strength or promise of this sizeable chunk . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Before leaving the village I consulted a chart outside the coastguard station , which confirmed that I had five hours before high tide ; this would give me time to get to the end of Worm 's Head and safely back onto the cliffs without danger of being stranded . |
| 10 | All I can say to you is that if it is to be good news , it would give me more pleasure than I can say ; and if it is to be bad — I have gone through it , and Anne , and many others , and one does survive and go on , though you think you never will … |
| 11 | ‘ Do you think God would give me the vision and no way to make it come true ? |
| 12 | Whether the Bedford health authorities did not like this , I shall not know , but they would give me no help at all . |
| 13 | ‘ Think he would give me one if I mentioned him in my article ? ’ |
| 14 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 15 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 16 | ‘ If I asked my husband about sex with other women he would give me an honest answer . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We are a bit thin on the ground up front but if I stuck the cleaner and laundry lady out there I know they would give me 110 per cent . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Yea , such would give me , as you say , a foot in both camps . |
| 19 | I did n't mind this ; I was happy just to be there , hoping that one day she would give me some of the pretty wool to make something for myself but she never did . |
| 20 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 21 | The second house finished at ten so that would give me plenty of time to get home before my parents . |
| 22 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 23 | ‘ She would give me a hug and a kiss when I came home from work . ’ |
| 24 | I was fourth at the last Olympics , so third would give me satisfaction . |
| 25 | ‘ It would give me great pleasure . ’ |
| 26 | It would give me a chance to see your wrist plaster has dried correctly and give our students a rare opportunity to see how fit and active a lady of your age can be . ’ |
| 27 | This would give me a base to aim for . |
| 28 | It would give me a reputation . |
| 29 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 30 | He was to be my minder for an initial trial which would give me three laps in one of the school 's Escort XRi 's under his instruction , three laps with him driving and five laps in a single-seat Formula First racing car . |