Example sentences of "and [adv] i gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 2 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 3 | And once I gave him a fish-cake for free . |
| 4 | But I did n't give up , I went in for another and I came third again , and then I gave up , so that was the end of that . |
| 5 | After the lesson he told me that he wanted to buy a really good shirt he 'd seen somewhere , and I enquired into the resale potential of the item with a view to recovering my outlay in case of bankruptcy , which amused him further ; and then I gave him my terms . |