Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 2 | I 'm not always very good at saying what I mean , except at work , that is ; I 've been to Europe and the States but never to Nineveh and Distant Ophir ; I do n't have much time — literally — for the arts , though I 'm not against them in any way , you understand ( sometimes there 's a nice concert on the car radio ; like most people I read a book or two on holiday ) ; and I do n't give much of a thought to my clothes beyond looking smart at work and feeling comfortable when I get home . |
| 3 | and I do n't give any of this shit with lights If they 're doing seventy miles an hour , and I 'm going faster and they 're , all the overtaking lanes are taken , then I 'll slow down to their speed , I wo n't |
| 4 | Certainly , judging by his appearance as he lay on the ground , I did not give much for his chances . |
| 5 | I did not give much thought to the possibility of their innocence and in fact thought that they were both involved with Mathews in the crime . |
| 6 | I did n't give this observation a lot of thought until my father 's death left me with no one else to whom I could turn . |
| 7 | You did n't give this man any money , did you ? |
| 8 | And then you just photocopy from the card , and it 's a nice , and you keep the card , you do n't give that out . |
| 9 | Sighing helplessly , she 'd merely said , ‘ If you do n't give these girls a terrific reference they 're likely to turn around and sue you in the courts for defamation of character ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 11 | I thought : here is a new fashion trend , and Linford , if you want to be in the swing , you had better give some thought to it . |
| 12 | So we 'd better give some away . |
| 13 | It is important that we do not give this disease any opportunity to become widely established here . ’ |
| 14 | They did not give any sign of interest in us . |
| 15 | A number of the grants , virtually all of the grants are to voluntary bodies who are providing services which are of considerable benefit to this Committee , and where we would be in some difficulty if they did n't give those of voluntary support to it . |
| 16 | Presenting the final 1992 results ( figures , page seven ) , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA said that sales in lire terms rose 5.5% in the first three months of 1993 from a year earlier , but they did n't give any absolute revenue figures ; in terms of volume , Olivetti said personal computer sales in Europe jumped 72% in the first quarter from a year earlier , printer sales rose 42% ; the firm will break even at the operating level this year but will not return to profit until 1994 , chairman Carlo De Benedetti said . |
| 17 | They did n't give any details about the Leeds match ( or I may have missed them as I was simultaneously talking on the phone ) . |
| 18 | But they do n't give much sign of it . |
| 19 | So , although we can show that deprivation produces loss of function on certain tasks , these studies do not indicate how the loss may be combatted , if at all and , from a psychological point of view , they do not give any idea of how this changed processing affects other aspects of function . |
| 20 | They are not mandatory ( s. 6(1) ) and the Act stresses that they do not give any entitlement ‘ to question the merits of the policy objectives of any department ’ ( s. 6(2) ) . |
| 21 | He did not give much for Beales 's chances of getting in and out of the building unremarked . |
| 22 | Certainly looks as if he did I mean he did n't give any other indication . |
| 23 | Qaddafi speaks of a larger effective grouping , the nation ( he does not give much space to the solidarity of the world ) . |
| 24 | Even so , he does not give any pointers to the Club 's originators . |
| 25 | GUIL : He does n't give much away . |
| 26 | The act only gives the powers to enable new dwellings to be fitted with adequate means of smoke detection ; it does not give any technical provisions about the necessary standards that will be required . |
| 27 | The DFG has long realised the shortcomings of the normal 1-year grant : it does not give enough resources and security to build up a substantial group or programme in a particular area . |
| 28 | It does n't give all them |
| 29 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc 's prospectus for public offering indicates it will offer an initial 6m shares , 3.6m of them new , with 1.2m to be sold outside the US , at a target price of $12 to $14 a share ; it does n't give any plans for the $14m or so net proceeds . |
| 30 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Santa Cruz , California leader in the low-end Unix operating system market , has now formally filed to go public with an initial offer of 6m , 3.6m of them new , with 1.2m to be sold outside the US , at a target price of $12 to $14 a share ; it does n't give any plans for the $14m or so net proceeds . |