Example sentences of "i [vb past] to give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I asked to give him a lead .
2 I got to give him to you hold it
3 I got to give you two eights .
4 I got to give you the cello .
5 I tried to give him a withering look .
6 I tried to give her the kiss of life .
7 If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps .
8 Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art .
9 I tried to give you time , ’ he groaned into her hair , then , with a moan of desire to match her own , she felt him return to her , and then all the rest was heaven .
10 I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left .
11 Some boy I told to give my work .
12 She is already in her nightdress , and I stand up holding my toothbrush like I 've found the present I forgot to give her .
13 Oh I forgot to give him them .
14 I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys .
15 You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you .
16 I forgot to give you this back . ’
17 Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday .
18 Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing !
19 " I forbore to give you all the details of your great-aunt 's will the other day , Sara , " Mr. Crowther droned on .
20 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 .
21 I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday .
22 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 .
23 When I thought five minutes were up I decided to give him another five .
24 By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth .
25 So anyway , I er , I decided to give him a second chance , so I explained calmly , and with grim patience ,
26 ‘ 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 .
27 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 .
28 So I decided to give it a miss that day .
29 A year later and once more Mistral -driven , I decided to give it another try .
30 ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try .
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