Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This can be done , and I have given you one example , and that is feeding whole crops and by-products to ruminants such as cattle . |
| 32 | They paid me expenses which was expenses to hospital and I think gave me about thirty pound for maternity clothing and that was it . |
| 33 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 34 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 35 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 36 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 37 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 38 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 39 | You would be very cross if I stopped giving it . ’ |
| 40 | But it does n't matter anyway cos I 've give her some money and I 'll give her her other money |
| 41 | Cos I have to give it back |
| 42 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about those sheep , Seb , they 're as snug as bugs in a rug out there , but I 've given them some more hay , just in case . |
| 43 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 44 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | But I want to give you my professional opinion — ’ He broke off testily , then added , ‘ Sure , yes . |
| 47 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 48 | But I have given her up , and in any case she has meant nothing to me for years . ’ |
| 49 | £ But I think to give us perhaps a more vivid idea of what it must have been like for ordinary people , these are 3 houses in St Aldate 's that do n't exist any more , they 're down more-or-less where the police station is , erm and we do know exactly who lived there , and who was actually there during the war . |
| 50 | Sub-text : ‘ I have the power to predict , to warn you , to threaten you , to criticise you , but I choose to give you this message in a very subtle way . |
| 51 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 52 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 53 | Because I want to give you time to clear up |
| 54 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
| 55 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 56 | in order to get , because I hesitate to give you more work to do , you got enough work . |
| 57 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 58 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 59 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 60 | Think about Felix and his family , who hated me after I had given them love . |