Example sentences of "i 'd given " in BNC.

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1 She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn .
2 ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’
3 He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already .
4 Once again , I 'd given my film to David .
5 The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond .
6 ‘ I ca n't say I 'd given everything to make my husband what he was , or that he 'd cheated on me .
7 We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’
8 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
9 But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them .
10 Mark says , ‘ I 'd given my consent to AID but I could n't have told you how I might feel if Wendy did conceive .
11 Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something .
12 Yeah , erm I er , I 'd given up erm about se seven weeks ago , and I was told that it was an anti-depressant and when I came off the cigarettes it was just terrible !
13 ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse .
14 I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more .
15 I was uncomfortable talking about the poems and Rory 's papers ; the bag lost on the train coming back from Lochgair at the start of the year had stayed lost , and — stuck with just the memory of the half-finished stuff that Janice had given me originally — I 'd given up on any idea I 'd ever had of trying to rescue Uncle Rory 's name from artistic oblivion , or discovering some great revelation in the texts .
16 I 'd given the best years of my life to television .
17 ‘ There I was being really good , ’ Leslie says , ‘ I 'd given up smoking seven months before I became pregnant to get it all out of my body .
18 He stopped bothering me , I 'd given him something more important to worry about .
19 I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble .
20 I really felt I 'd given myself totally to African life . "
21 I 'd given them time to look for someone to replace me permanently .
22 And then Mr Clever-Clogs Hunter spotted that the name on the lease was n't the same as the one I 'd given — Aphrosyne rather than Folly , of course , and the surnames all in full , whereas normally I just use ‘ Taylor ’ over here , to save spelling it out .
23 ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake .
24 I 'd given Luke and Ma a few problems .
25 ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says .
26 ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says .
27 ‘ If you 'd like to know the truth , I 'd given up all thought of trying to persuade you to visit Bertha .
28 It was n't until we got to Redbridge Station that she thought — and I could almost hear her thinking — about the envelope and the fiver I 'd given her .
29 I 'd given up about three weeks before but I was ready to beg from him .
30 Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on .
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