Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] would give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Anything western was frowned upon , so I thought I 'd give it a bit of time before I got into my trousers and things . |
| 3 | He said hello , so I thought I 'd give him a try first . |
| 4 | ‘ The plant has been neglected for a few years so I thought I 'd give it some plant food and water and to my astonishment this was the result , ’ said Margaret . |
| 5 | Anyhow , my father 's just taken her to the doctor 's , so I thought I 'd give you a ring . |
| 6 | When they saw Ruth , both men looked slightly abashed , like a pair of overgrown schoolboys , and Connor explained : ‘ This young man wants to learn the rudiments of sparring , so I said I 'd give him a few pointers . |
| 7 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |
| 8 | But I mean , Gill would go out and I said I 'd give her a if if we did it e er turn and turn about you only have to find one about once every eight weeks like . |
| 9 | As I explained earlier , I nearly threw my oil pastels away in frustration , but I thought I would give them another try with a different approach . |
| 10 | ‘ True , ’ said Hopper , ‘ but I thought I 'd give you the chance of testing for it … ’ |
| 11 | I did n't want to tell her because I thought she 'd give up . |
| 12 | At the end of my little phone session , I 've one last in the bag , hi Mick , Peter , as I said I 'd give you a bell in January , do you think it 's a good time for us to get together now , yes , Oh great , O K , I 've got . |