Example sentences of "would give [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier . |
| 2 | And they 'd come along cattle there just contented as could be and then they got their supper and we 'd give them a wee while of light still to eat their supper . |
| 3 | But what I 'd do is I 'd I 'd do it from hours something like eight until six and I 'd give them a cooked lunch all fresh food |
| 4 | Damned if the foundation could have this picture ; she 'd give them the nameless three condemned as undisciplined talent . |
| 5 | Oh yeah , I , I 'd give them the same options but |
| 6 | I do n't exclude myself from myself , but I I I 'd give him a nine and I I 'd come in at a seven I think . |
| 7 | If I met Pam 's bloke coming down Briggate I 'd give him a wide berth . |
| 8 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 9 | ‘ I mean , if he ever gave me AIDS I 'd give him a Colombian necktie — ’ |
| 10 | When we got the vans , Ernie was with us then and he always used to sharpen her knife up so as he 'd give her a fresh one lunchtime to go , he 'd , she 'd start off up , down from where you 'd come from this morning , then she 'd go on to Wicken and do that on a Tuesday , Tuesday round . |
| 11 | If she had the nerve , the sheer bloody brass neck , to do that , then maybe he 'd give her a few minutes . |
| 12 | Er n not really , you you may talk your way into some peasant 's house , and er er he 'd give you a scrambled egg or or something like this , and er that was something , if you got a scrambled egg . |
| 13 | A lot of them were slow , and did n't know what they were doing half the time : they 'd give you the wrong medicine . |
| 14 | He 'd give us a withering look as we slogged our way round the parade-ground , attempting to move like real soldiers . |
| 15 | Matilda said , ‘ I 'd give it a good wash , dad , if I were you , with soap and water . |
| 16 | I 'd give it a good hiding if it did n't behave |
| 17 | One would allow the disabled to drive in the area all day ; the second gives them access up until 11.30am and after 3pm , and the third would give them no special advantages at all . |
| 18 | If they had been beaten in a fight , he would give them a good hiding and send them back out to do the job properly . |
| 19 | A win for United would give them a good chance ; a draw would be tantamoumt to playing Russian Roulette and defeat would be good night . |
| 20 | It is fair enough for the councillors to claim the normal allowances , but the hon. Gentleman 's proposition would give them a biased view of what is in the interests of their citizens . |
| 21 | With several newly qualified teachers and many more awaiting initiation , they literally ‘ Swung ’ all over the place — adult institutes , local church halls , fetes , in fact in or on anything that would give them a few square feet of space ; one Essex teacher even did a two year S-T-R-E-T-C-H in H.M Prison , Holloway and got time off for good behaviour ( a class of course ! ) . |
| 22 | Little children need to starve no more as I would give them a big food store . |
| 23 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 24 | Notice also that Peter and John did not pray that God would give them the Holy Spirit they prayed that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 25 | They are scarcely free to shop around for the officer who would give them the easiest time . |
| 26 | 2.18 The purpose of the award is not to give the dependants such sums as would give them an annual income equal to the dependency . |
| 27 | ‘ But why must you go away , just when Corrie 's leaving me ? ’ her mother had asked when she 'd told her she had fixed up a job as a nanny with a family in the north which would give her a better chance of training as nursery nurse . |
| 28 | Butch Beausoleil could live here in the nude and no one would give her a second glance . |
| 29 | Topaz Chilcott would give her a sly looks She 'd been told by Tipper , who would n't leave the subject alone , that all tinkers were sly . |
| 30 | It was clearly to France 's advantage to advance her south-eastern frontier by the acquisition of Savoy and Nice , while the building of railways in the region would give her a strong economic and strategic position in northern and central Italy . |