Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I was given |
| 2 | She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you . |
| 3 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 4 | Lucky me — I reckon I was given the best of both worlds . |
| 5 | Ah he said , smashing , I thought I 'm giving a little bit back see ? |
| 6 | I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write |
| 7 | I thought I was giving you more than that , ee , first of all I went to fifteen percent , you said |
| 8 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
| 9 | We d Okay we do n't know , we want to ask them we w So if you are an MP in North Yorkshire and er you think I 'm giving you a hard time and I know you sneakily listen to this programme , I know you listen . |
| 10 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 11 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 12 | She said , ‘ You see I was given it to work and read in , not to … entertain . ’ |