Example sentences of "[adv] i give [pron] a " in BNC.
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1 | So I gave him a copy of my summary . |
2 | So I gave him a yard of slack line and decided to wait it out . |
3 | so I gave him a couple of quid , three quid , for lending me it plus the spinner cos spinner do n't work on washer |
4 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
5 | The plates still had some food on them but although I found some meat , it had a strange gloopy liquid on it so I gave it a miss . |
6 | So I gave you a topic sport or a hobby or an interest that you had and you produced a thought pattern for that just as we 'd done in the practice one with the subject of water , but then we moved on a stage further to get what are called a structured thought pattern . |
7 | So I give him a wave from the far end of the park . |
8 | He he had he came in I give him a saucer of milk . |
9 | Anyway I give her a shout and she said ooh she said . |
10 | And once I gave him a fish-cake for free . |
11 | A minute later I give him a smaller brown one back . |
12 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
13 | And when it came out I gave it a puff in my little rag , and made sure the others did the same . |
14 | But er well I gave him a box of matches to go with him and I thought oh well he 'll have plenty of matches then . |
15 | And everybody says , Well I gave you a hundred , I gave him five , you |
16 | We talked a bit then I gave him a lift back to his hotel . |
17 | I usually work him in for an hour , but when I 'm riding him around in the arena before the bell goes , I 'm still thinking , ‘ How on earth am I going to get this thing up the centre line ? ’ because he 's gawping at everything , but then I give him a jolly good boot and we get on with it … ’ |
18 | His face was infuriatingly bland as he answered , ‘ Did n't you tell me that night when I gave you a lift home that your life fairly buzzed with — shall we say — events ? ’ |