Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was held that when time for delivery is of the essence of a contract for the sale of goods ( that is , a condition ) and after the stipulated time has elapsed the buyer waives his right to cancel by pressing for delivery , converting the term into a warranty , he may later give notice setting a reasonable deadline , once again making the time for delivery a condition of the contract . |
| 2 | If the plaintiff fails to give notice of acceptance within the time limited by the rules , he may still give notice at any time before the hearing of the action begins , but an order for payment out of court is then required , and the court may order the plaintiff to pay the defendant 's costs reasonably incurred since the date of payment into court ( Ord 11 , r 5 ) . |
| 3 | He may then give Create user privilege to any of these users if he wishes , enabling them in turn to create new users ( i.e. descendants ) . |
| 4 | He had never had a dog and now that one of his daughters was married and the other a student at drama school , he saw no reason why he should ever give one house-room . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps he 'll just give you a nice tonic . |
| 6 | Mike in the audience and he 'll probably give me a rollicking afterwards , cos I have n't prepared anything about this and I suspect I wo n't be able to speak till the red light . |
| 7 | cos if John 's taking , taking you he 'll probably give you a lift back or something if you you 're there . |
| 8 | If he comes to court , what happened at the police station does n't matter because he 'll then give direct evidence , not what he said in the police station but what actually happened on that night in the , in the estate . |
| 9 | ‘ He 'll never give his parole . ’ |
| 10 | and it jerked me , but she said it 's a muscle been pulled and it 's , it keeps spasm so she said er , could of been nasty , said I dare n't tell him , cos I says if I tell him it was his fault , I says he 'll never give me another ride , it 's again Thursday night coming back , and his car , you know the car kept , bump , bump , bump , bump , bump |
| 11 | By stealth and devotion to his craft he might yet give something back to the class and the country that produced Crippen . |
| 12 | Isolated in a foreign country , and longing for all that had once been familiar , if not at the time congenial , to him , it was easy for Lear to expect of Gould what he could never give . |
| 13 | Has the hon. Gentleman , who reads with his lips so much that he could almost give lessons to the Leader of the Opposition , read the amendment which deals with precisely this issue ? |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps not , ’ Travis agreed , then said how he 'd dearly love to ring Rosemary at her parents ' home , but that he knew for sure that he could definitely give up even the frail hope he had left of sharing his life with Rosemary if he did that . |
| 15 | He could then give some thought to the inequities of the council tax , so called , which is the nasty twin brother of the poll tax and which will leave debris — caused by the Prime Minister and the Conservative party — all over the country . |
| 16 | Of course you really should n't use such a dangerous structure , and if Ted Piggott spotted you at it he 'd doubtless give you a row . |
| 17 | He 'd just give me a look , the way the French do and eventually when I was thoroughly humiliated , he would repeat it properly . |
| 18 | I think if you asked that question to any poet he 'd probably give that answer . |
| 19 | But I knew that nothing would ever discourage him ; he 'd never give up wanting to be a director , and he 'd never be any good . |
| 20 | You 're sick with love for him , but he 'd never give a plain Jane like you a second 's thought . " |
| 21 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 22 | He 'd always give you free rein . ’ |
| 23 | He said he would rather give the balloons to the children to take home . |
| 24 | At the beginning of the school year , Mr Bailey , the head teacher , would remind the staff about various rules at the school and he would also give us his view about clothes . |
| 25 | He would also give those away , and I remember when my poor father died he brought down one , if not two , lovely lilies which Mother put in a slender silver vase . |
| 26 | As for that girl , if it was my father , he would n't just take you to the CRE , he would also give you a good thump . |
| 27 | He would also give up taxi driving and become a monk . |
| 28 | ‘ Herbie had been overheard to say he would happily give up his army pension just to catch Yanto red handed . |
| 29 | Bathsheba knew that he would always give his honest opinion , even if she asked him whether she should marry another man , and there was nobody else she could trust . |
| 30 | He would only give considered opinions . |