Example sentences of "but i gave [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was once or twice approached by stony-faced nuns begging for charities , but I gave nothing because I felt sure that some of those nuns were fakes , possibly men in drag , for their big , dark , hollow eyes , dyspeptic noses bright red in chalk-white faces , compressed , colourless lips and faint moustaches were hardly the signs of religious penance , and they were all wearing rather large boots . |
| 2 | I said I was n't sure , but I gave them a phone number which I knew to be Nassim 's office above a leather warehouse in Brick Lane . |
| 3 | A tinker accosted me in the bar , asking for a glass of brandy , but I gave him short shrift . |
| 4 | I think I said it was a 6-iron or maybe a 7 , but I gave him the yardage and he hit his shot right at the hole . |
| 5 | I apoligise for putting a long list of questions to the Minister , but I gave him advance notice and I hope that he will answer most of them . |
| 6 | He made a half-hearted move towards me , but I gave him no encouragement . |
| 7 | I got out of the car and ran to my front door , my mum answered the door , she looked quite different but I gave her a massive cuddle and went indoors . |
| 8 | But I gave her a cold stare and fluffed my fur out ; I could n't have her thinking I was a pushover . |
| 9 | But I gave it to him you know . |
| 10 | I would have had another one on the third day as well , but I gave it up for the opportunity to go rabbiting with the lad who worked for Brian . |
| 11 | It looks like smoked salmon and tastes like nothing on earth , but I gave it her the day before his next ward round . |
| 12 | But I gave it just the same . |
| 13 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 14 | was going to say check it in the book but I gave you wrong one . |
| 15 | But I gave you my word — nothing against your will . ’ |
| 16 | Dear God , but I gave you my heart and my very soul — ’ |
| 17 | No , I , I was gon na do it but I gave you that other half for Marie |
| 18 | But I gave my genuine reason for returning earlier , which was the Arts Council 's monthly meeting , in which I was deeply interested and whose chairman I was at the time . |