Example sentences of "[vb past] i give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’ |
| 2 | You asked me to give you a ring like . ’ |
| 3 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 4 | She asked me to give you some good advice . |
| 5 | At our last meeting , you asked me to give you a reminder regarding the above . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Benedict asked me to give you this , miss , quiet like . ’ |
| 7 | You asked me to give you a note on my interest in bibliometric research on the Journal . |
| 8 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 9 | He made me give him Celia 's address , and he wrote to her and said I should not be working and living alone at my age . |
| 10 | It very nearly made me give up the entire project . |
| 11 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 12 | To my surprise , he invited me to give a poetry reading in Madrid . |
| 13 | We even paid a surprise visit to Corsham , where Rosemary and Clifford Ellis welcomed us warmly and invited me to give a series of lectures and classes . |
| 14 | So ( bridegroom 's name ) very kindly invited me to give a speech . |
| 15 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 16 | Having reached his destination , he remembered the message that he had been asked to give to his hostess : ‘ I travelled down with an uncle of yours and he told me to give you the following message , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ Maureen told me to give her just a small dose , and I did , ’ she said . |
| 18 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 19 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
| 20 | Mr Dawlish told me to give you a summary of the virus . |
| 21 | ‘ They told me to give it to you , Headmaster , ’ said Robert . |
| 22 | ‘ Everyone told me to give up the womanising at my age . ’ |
| 23 | I mean if I was a peasant and someone told me to give up drinking then I 'd , you know |
| 24 | I went to lunch with my mother , who told me giving birth was like being run over by a steamroller ; thanks for the reassurance , Mum . |
| 25 | What if something like this you know if I give this to Arthur and John and say er they just joined I give them this , this personal development plan , who should it put pressure on should do , yeah cos you should be going up to them and saying well I 'm supposed to have done you know X Y Y and they go ah yeah , and then they go up with these excuses yeah . |
| 26 | Because of her loving nature Eva would have enjoyed having children and a family but feels it " was one of the things God required me to give up " . |
| 27 | It is that Lady Susan Hussey , the Queen 's senior lady-in-waiting , rang me to give directions to find the fateful villa , 12 miles from St Tropez . |
| 28 | Conchis saw me giving it a lingering glance . |
| 29 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 30 | ‘ Charlie sent me to give you a hand . ’ |