Example sentences of "i [vb past] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 33 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 34 | ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
| 36 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
| 37 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 38 | She is already in her nightdress , and I stand up holding my toothbrush like I 've found the present I forgot to give her . |
| 39 | Oh I forgot to give him them . |
| 40 | I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys . |
| 41 | You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you . |
| 42 | ‘ I forgot to give you this back . ’ |
| 43 | Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday . |
| 44 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 45 | " I forbore to give you all the details of your great-aunt 's will the other day , Sara , " Mr. Crowther droned on . |
| 46 | I decided to give her Arsenicum Album LM1 in a 100ml bottle and within 1 month she was feeling much better , her period had been the best she could remember and she 'd even been out to a party . |
| 47 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 48 | It happened during the final couple of years of my marriage when , tired of the humiliation my husband 's affairs imposed on me , I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine . |
| 49 | When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five . |
| 50 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 51 | So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience , |
| 52 | ‘ In true Hitchcock tradition , I always make one appearance in each series of Rumpole , but this time I decided to give myself a speaking part , ’ he says . |
| 53 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |
| 54 | So I decided to give it a miss that day . |
| 55 | A year later and once more Mistral -driven , I decided to give it another try . |
| 56 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 57 | But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot . |
| 58 | I decided to give your diagnostic utilities a try and was shocked to be told that it has a 386 processor with a 34.5 performance factor . |
| 59 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ He was n't moving so I started to give him mouth to mouth . ’ |