Example sentences of "[conj] i give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 34 | His Spanish was almost non-existent , and he did not know how to study a foreign language , so I gave him lessons . |
| 35 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 36 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 37 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 38 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 39 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 40 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 41 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 42 | I thought that I was being stupid , so I gave it up . |
| 43 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 44 | I glanced quickly at it but found it too difficult to understand , so I gave it back . |
| 45 | But there was not time to prepare this seminar , so I gave it myself , with one of my graduate students repeating my words . |
| 46 | ‘ But it was too much hard work and sacrifice , so I gave it up when I was sixteen . |
| 47 | but I persuaded him that it would melt while he had his drink and to put it in my bag and er it was lunchtime when we got home and we were going some I , I ca n't remember what we were doing afterwards so I gave it to his mother , I thought she could share it . |
| 48 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 49 | Catherine and me gave you Coke and I gave you loads this morning . |
| 50 | Look Charlotte ca n't do anything without being messy , look , the other , the other erm morning I went to school to pick Ben up , er and I put her in the car seat , she 's lovely and clean , and I give her a biscuit , by the time we got |
| 51 | So I went and I give her that |
| 52 | No she bought a second lo a second twenty lot of twenty and I give her the first lot back probably . |
| 53 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 54 | And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not . |
| 55 | And I give him three mo cos I 'd give him three months guarantee with that , I thought yes and I was standing there on the phone and I thought you dare come back ! |
| 56 | That was one twenty five and I give him . |
| 57 | Tha him , look how , look how he after mummy and I give him |
| 58 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 59 | Well he , he said if they , if , if , some , get a visitor in and I give them a cup of coffee well that 's all right , but I do n't know if it 's money or , or like maybe , maybe . |
| 60 | So I goes come here , and I give them to John I goes I 'll take them John and I paid . |