‘I shall, soon enough, be put out, though, if anybody tries to domineer it over me: and so I give you notice, master.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
‘What shall I give you next?’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
By the Evangels,' replied Scalza, 'I gull you not; nay, I speak the truth, and if there be any here who will lay a supper thereon, to be given to the winner and half a dozen companions of his choosing, I will willingly hold the wager; and I will do yet more for you, for I will abide by the judgment of whomsoever you will.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio
So, I give you notice, Lady Russell.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen
But don’t rush into danger and then say I gave you no warning.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain
Very unlike her usual self: a civiller and better-behaved servant, in general, you never met with.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
We can only hope to approximate to the conditions; and if we don’t succeed in getting you nearly enough back to what you were, this venture of ours will fail.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
'Never mind whether they're two mile off, or twenty,' said Noah Claypole; for he it was; 'but get up and come on, or I'll kick yer, and so I give yer notice.'
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Ott at last agreed, when Massena said: "I give you notice that ere fifteen days are passed I shall be once more in Genoa," and he kept his word.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
‘Never mind whether they’re two mile off, or twenty,’ said Noah Claypole; for he it was; ‘but get up and come on, or I’ll kick yer, and so I give yer notice.’
— from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth
{159} CHAPTER V KERBELÂ TO BAGHDÂD March 30—April 12 To travel in the desert is in one respect curiously akin to travelling on the sea: it gives you no premonition of the changed environment to which the days of journeying are conducting you.
— from Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Lowthian Bell
Honey, how long must I wait Shall I get you now
— from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2. No. 13, October, 1920 America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy by Various
Next season, I give you no such licences, nolens volens , as Percy would say, I must take you out with me, you shall not hide yourself in solitude; but I do not fancy your resolution will hold good, even the remainder of this season," she added, smilingly.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar
Now Rachel’s heart bounded with joy at the sight of her, and she longed to bend down and kiss her, but did not, lest her great dignity should be lessened in the eyes of the King; only she said: “I greet you, Noie; be seated in my shadow, where you are safe, and tell me, have these men dealt well by you?” “Not so ill, Inkosazana, that is since I reached the Great Kraal.
— from The Ghost Kings by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
How much shall I give you now?"
— from Consequences by E. M. Delafield
But first or second, I'll marry one or t'other at the month-end, and so I give you notice."
— from Wandering Heath by Arthur Quiller-Couch
“My boys, shall I give you names?”
— from Myths and Tales from the White Mountain Apache Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. XXIV, Part II by Pliny Earle Goddard
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