Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] to give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 2 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 3 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 6 | ‘ I said that I liked to give the islanders the impression that I lived alone . ’ |
| 7 | A quick sideways prod of the transfer gear-lever was all that I needed to give the big machine the traction of a funicular railway , as if an invisible cable winch was hauling me up . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | He adds : ‘ I also felt that I wanted to give the love that I felt for her in the way she needs love to be given . ’ |
| 10 | I regret to say that I forgot to give the Vice Chairman 's apologies for non-attendance . |
| 11 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
| 12 | And I had to give Prentice full marks for cheek when I did . |
| 13 | You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you . |
| 14 | ‘ I was driving home from Berkeley today and I stopped to give a chap a lift , and look who it was . ’ |
| 15 | I know that the teenage years I describe are years when feelings about your self-image are more intense than any other , and I wanted to give young women themselves the chance to express what these feelings are . |
| 16 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 17 | The last show of the tour was in Atlanta and I decided to give a little party for the singers and musicians and the crew and I tried to rent a banquet room at the hotel , but because it was Thanksgiving Weekend , they said they could only give me a suite . |
| 18 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 19 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 20 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 21 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 22 | If I had to give Ferguson advice about bringing the best out of him , I would need only one word — dialogue . ’ |
| 23 | If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated . |
| 24 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 25 | But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do . |
| 26 | But I managed to give out some positive body language , and at least came through with a win . ’ |
| 27 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 28 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 29 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 30 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |