Example sentences of "[modal v] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an overweight man in his fifties who is a heavy smoker , has a family history of heart disease and is working in a stressful job were to decide to ‘ get fit ’ and invite a colleague for a game of squash for the first time in twenty years , he would be doing just about the best he could to give himself a heart attack . |
| 2 | So then it was up to me to go back to the script and find what I could to give me a lead . |
| 3 | But after you reach a certain stage in life — I 'd put it somewhere between forty-five and fifty-five — you suddenly feel you are as secure as you can be and you really ought to give something back to society . |
| 4 | And and he said well do you think I ought to give her , you know , what about two pound a week ? |
| 5 | Carrie had n't wanted to show her , in case Hepzibah should feel she ought to give them parting presents as well , but now there was no help for it . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I really ought to give them to her personally , or send them back to the bank . |
| 7 | In fact I 'll give my neighbours who live opposite , I do n't see a lot of them but they they are my opposite neighbours and of course the 's really I 'm on good terms with I ought to give them I 'll get them a tin of biscuits as well . |
| 8 | So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated . |
| 9 | Lakatos explicitly stated that the ‘ central problem in philosophy of science is … the problem of stating universal conditions under which a theory is scientific ’ , a problem which is ‘ closely linked with the problem of the rationality of science ’ and whose solution ‘ ought to give us guidance as to when the acceptance of a scientific theory is rational or not ’ . |
| 10 | Provided America does n't pull out of the alliance completely , that ought to give us all some protection . ’ |
| 11 | They said they would , but they said you ought to give us the surname . |
| 12 | I never thought it would work , but I felt we ought to give it a try . ’ |
| 13 | They should be doing that work , if they 're asking us to design a remit , price it and then they 're using that remit to get prices from other people , er I would suggest that , that we perhaps ought to have words with our clients on that basis a and say we 're quite happy to tender in competition but erm i you ought to give it a little bit of thought before you actually put the thing . |
| 14 | ‘ I think you ought to give it a try . |
| 15 | So you really ought to give it some thought . |
| 16 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
| 17 | Now , those little reminders ought to give you a kind of mental map of how to go about writing your press releases this afternoon . |
| 18 | And er the corporation used to give her so many tickets to last her the week . |
| 19 | Then after she got over she used , I used to give her some water then . |
| 20 | No traffic lights then — these men used to give him right of way . |
| 21 | ‘ We used to give him sweets on a Sunday . |
| 22 | And he used to lend me dad a pound and he always used to give him it back on a Wednesday , on his pension day . |
| 23 | I used to give him a pound whenever I met him : let no-one call me ungenerous . |
| 24 | And the carter used to steal a lot of oats for for the the the the gaffer used to give him a ration for a week , and the granary would be lo locked . |
| 25 | ‘ From a child , I used to give him — what do you say ? ’ |
| 26 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 27 | I used to give him the odd cuddle and I used to give him lifts home on my bike . |
| 28 | Sheila wo Sheila used to give him a bone so maybe he thought |
| 29 | ‘ Christ that used to give me the shits , ’ said the New Zealander . |
| 30 | ‘ She used to give me a piece of the dough when she was making pastry . |