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so I give you notice
‘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

shall I give you next
‘What shall I give you next?’
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Scalza I gull you not
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
So, I give you notice, Lady Russell.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

say I gave you no
But don’t rush into danger and then say I gave you no warning.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

servant in general you never
Very unlike her usual self: a civiller and better-behaved servant, in general, you never met with.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

succeed in getting you nearly
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

so I give yer notice
'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

said I give you notice
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

so I give yer notice
‘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

sea it gives you no
{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

Shall I get you now
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

season I give you no
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

said I greet you Noie
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

shall I give you now
How much shall I give you now?"
— from Consequences by E. M. Delafield

so I give you notice
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

shall I give you names
“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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