Example sentences of "[subord] i give [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 2 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 3 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 4 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 5 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 6 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 8 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 9 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 10 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 11 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 12 | If I gave her a pencil she 'd chuck it back at you . |
| 13 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 14 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 15 | All he wants to do is to get his hand inside my blouse or up my skirt , but if I gave him the chance to do anything more he 'd be so scared he 'd wet his pants . ’ |
| 16 | He said of course he 'd do it if I gave him the phone number of the hospital . |
| 17 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 18 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry if I gave you a fright . |
| 20 | Erm If I gave you a problem about sort of prices of apples and pears |
| 21 | And I said , Oh well there we are take it If I gave you a pound |
| 22 | It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications |
| 23 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 24 | So the gradient gives you a mea If I gave you the gradient , if I said the gradient is one , what would the angle be ? |
| 25 | What would you do if I gave you the jade ? |
| 26 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 27 | The only way people will trust me is if I give them a signed piece of paper with my address on . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ My main thought was if I offer him my car how will I get to work tomorrow , and also if I give him the car will I be able to collect the insurance ? |
| 29 | Okay , if I give him the turtle do you think he 'd |
| 30 | if I give him the turtle |