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Example sentences for "can give"

  • I think I can give a guess at what it means, sir," said the Sergeant.

  • You won't ask me for more than I can give?

  • Witty--but I can give him a night's rest in spite of his teeth.

  • It's a mystery we can give no account of; but no more we can of the sprouting o' the seed, for that matter.

  • I didn't mean to be disrespectful, and I spoke as polite as I could; but I can give in to no man, if he wants to make it out as I'm trying to overreach him.

  • I can give her a position which you may call Al out of the Peerage.

  • I can give you as good a position as any man without a title in England.

  • Nothing but your promise of not seeing me here in my deplorable bondage, can give me the least ray of hope.

  • I can give, said I, a very good one: but I beg to be excused.

  • I can give up my title to that blessed hope which will stand me in stead, at a time when millions of gold will not purchase one happy moment of reflection on a past misspent life!

  • Should you require a reference, I can give it.

  • Just ask," I resumed eagerly, "whether the gentleman will allow us to take down in writing the particulars that he can give me.

  • Sir," replied she, "I can give you no other account than I have done already.

  • This is all the account that we can give you, in obedience to your commands.

  • No novel, however realistic, however prolix in its descriptions, can give us more than the barest outlines of the course of life followed by the personages it attempts to portray.

  • It has made the individual what he is, and it is the medium in which he can give expression to the nature which he now possesses.

  • But it can give us little indication of what it is possible for man, with such an endowment, and in such an environment as makes his setting, to become.

  • I can give you a couple of sovereigns, if that's what it is.

  • He is no longer mine, and you may ask me freely for aid, if there be any that I can give you.

  • If papa treats me badly, I can give it to my husband.

  • But, so far as I am concerned, I do not think we can give up the things that are vital to our national strength.

  • And what's more we can give it back and we will give it back--with compound interest.

  • And if we will work together this year, I believe we can give a future President and a future Congress the chance to make that prosperity, that peace, that freedom not just the state of our Union but the state of our world.

  • Any information which Mr. Wilder or I can give you is, of course, at your disposal.

  • That is the best advice which I can give you, Mr. Hilton Cubitt.

  • A thousand years are but as yesterday to Him, and I can give you no notion as to how many hundred thousand years it took to do all this; or what productions covered the face of the country.

  • But I have seen the letter which Major Buckley received enclosing it, and I can give it you word for word.

  • I can give you no comfort for the loss of such a man, save it be to say that you and I may hope to meet him again, and learn new lessons from him, in a better place than this.

  • It is true; I can give you an account of the matter, for I was upon the spot at the instant, and was thoroughly acquainted with the whole affair.

  • When once God is angry with a people, he can deal with them, he can give them up to those lusts in judgment, that they will not be separated from by mercy.

  • A sound Christian is not afraid to be examined, and sifted to the bottom, for he can give reason of the hope that is in him.

  • On your return, you shall have every explanation that I can give; and you shall see for yourself that you need feel no uneasiness on the subject of your aunt.

  • Is there anything Jack may have said to you about me, which seems to require an explanation--if I can give it?

  • Surely I can give it to her, now it's ready?


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    can give; can only; can say; can understand; candidate for; candied orange; cannel coal; cannon shot; cannot allow; cannot answer; cannot conceive; cannot deny; cannot express; cannot forbear; cannot forget; cannot have; cannot omit; cannot save; cannot say; cannot see; cannot tell you how; cannot think; cannot understand; milieu des; thou sayest; took notice