Example sentences of "[noun pl] i give " in BNC.

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1 I never ceased to be astounded by how quickly and thoroughly he absorbed the notes I gave him . ’
2 But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up .
3 I remember clearly one of the first times I gave a word of knowledge .
4 In one of my books I gave more information than was needed to solve a particular problem .
5 Gentlemen I gave my name , my rank , and my number some time ago , ' Steiner said .
6 That form bears the closest inspection and as the six-year-old has settled into his new surroundings at the Marriott Stables I give him the edge over Newton Point , whose cause will not have been helped by the rain .
7 ‘ Certainly , Cabannes did superbly at the back of the lineout today but he was a regular target and in all other areas I gave Back the edge .
8 ‘ To the preparation of both courses of lectures I gave far more attention than I had latterly been giving at Durham . ’
9 Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern .
10 He stated : " Haughey had retained all but one of the tapes I gave him , and at no stage indicated disapproval of the action that had been taken . "
11 ( 17 November 1988 ) During subsequent weeks I gave many interviews to journalists to correct their inaccurate accounts .
12 They have quite a few biscuits for snacks although that 's probably just as bad as eating sweets — even the reduced-sugar teething rusks I give Jake taste quite sweet .
13 ‘ Over five years I gave away about a million quid .
14 But then of course the kind of stories I give and the ones that most people like generally speaking are the accidents I have .
15 ‘ I do n't know why you 're wearing that ridiculous outfit , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I do n't know why you 're telling all these things to Malik and telling him about things I gave you as a present . ’
16 Start by playing these combinations with one note then apply some of the melodic permutations I gave you in part 1 of this series .
17 We need to have some idea what the cells are picking up from , and where they are sending information to , in order to apply those two principles I gave you earlier , the selective trigger feature , and the selective projective zone .
18 After blunting two ice-screws I give up and go for the peg .
19 In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes .
20 And these you should remember are basically the terms I gave on the previous page .
21 ‘ Remember , ’ the Doctor said sternly , ‘ do n't touch anything unless you 're wearing the gloves I gave you . ’
22 Teach them to observe all the commands I give you .
23 In that the APU science surveys involved almost 40 000 guinea-pigs , the examples I give are not nit-picking .
24 In that the APU science surveys involved almost 40 000 guinea-pigs , the examples I give are not nit-picking .
25 Or is it that you 're worried about having to work a bit harder for the grand wages I give you … wages that 's been strangled out of me by that bloody woman o ’ yours ? ’
26 On Friday afternoons I gave up all pretence and quite consciously ceded control .
27 After five lorries and two vans I gave up .
28 She is extremely well behaved , and travels everywhere with me — to open days where she has to cope with lots of people , visits to playgroups to teach the children how to approach a strange dog , friends ' houses , talks I give , dog clubs and work engagements .
29 The ones I gave you last w yeah
30 Are those the ones , they 're not the ones I gave you are they ?
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