Example sentences of "i have give " in BNC.
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1 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
2 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Once again , I 'd given my film to David . |
7 | The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond . |
8 | ‘ I ca n't say I 'd given everything to make my husband what he was , or that he 'd cheated on me . |
9 | We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’ |
10 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
11 | But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
14 | 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 ! |
15 | ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | ‘ I 'd given the best years of my life to television . |
19 | ‘ 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 . |
20 | He stopped bothering me , I 'd given him something more important to worry about . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | I really felt I 'd given myself totally to African life . " |
23 | I 'd given them time to look for someone to replace me permanently . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
26 | I 'd given Luke and Ma a few problems . |
27 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
28 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
29 | ‘ If you 'd like to know the truth , I 'd given up all thought of trying to persuade you to visit Bertha . |
30 | 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 . |