Example sentences of "want to give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , he did n't want to give her a rose , or a spoon , or a baby . |
| 2 | But as a woman he does n't want to give her too much credit . |
| 3 | Do you want to give her a ring ? |
| 4 | Perhaps she only meant she did n't want to give him her cold . |
| 5 | ‘ We like to think that the programme is n't in competition with Barry Norman , but we do want to give him a run for his money . ’ |
| 6 | At the moment he 's under control , but I do n't want to give him time to try going over my head . ’ |
| 7 | He has sought treatment on a number of occasions and has come to the conclusion that he can not break the habit and that what he needs and wants is a maintenance regime , preferably on heroin — something that the medical profession in Wirral does not want to give him . |
| 8 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 9 | I do not want to give him everything he wants , but I must . |
| 10 | They do n't want to give him any . |
| 11 | She had even avoided the swimming-pool , for , much as she looked forward to and enjoyed her evening dips , she did n't want to give him any further opportunity to seek her company . |
| 12 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 13 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 14 | D I did n't want to give him a false impression . |
| 15 | The time-pips were sounding on the line , and he added quickly , ‘ Do you want to give me your number ? |
| 16 | You said yourself she did n't want to give me away , in the letter . ’ |
| 17 | Elaine did n't want to give me away — Miss Rose said so . |
| 18 | What sort of build-up d' ya want to give me d' ya want people to have of you . |
| 19 | Do you want to give me your plate love . |
| 20 | Now if you say it in an ex , in a , in a do you want to give me a few examples ? |
| 21 | Do you want to give me your plate have it on a little one . |
| 22 | The bloke do n't want to give them back , that 's how come we got involved . |
| 23 | I knew I did n't want to give them up . |
| 24 | I found these of great interest and I have sent them on to our Meirionnydd Branch Committee who will want to give them careful consideration . |
| 25 | Do you want to give them out then Peter while I 'm |
| 26 | Do you want to give them now or do it at the end ? |
| 27 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 28 | we do n't want to give em it for the whole year . |
| 29 | Do you want to give us a hand , lad ? ’ |
| 30 | And do you want to give us a clue about what it says . |