Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 2 | Naturally , the other people appeared and something would crop up which made me Plan to give their adventures an airing in a future book . |
| 3 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 4 | I still have n't given , that 's reminded me seeing Shona there , I , I do n't think I 've given her that pair of trousers and the sweatshirt and I told her that I 've got them . |
| 5 | He gives it very well , and he 's on on his way to an evening engagement , and the professor , says I 'm feeling very tired tonight , and I do n't think I want to give er , th the talk , but I do n't know , I I obviously I have to go , the chauffeur said , no problem , he said , all we need is to change hats , I 've heard you give that same talk so many times , I would actually give it . |
| 6 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 7 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 8 | ‘ Have you forgotten I have to give my approval before you lay your hands on a penny of it ? |
| 9 | ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’ |
| 10 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 11 | I hope I 've given you the motivation — and confidence — to go out and develop your own personal communication style to its full potential . |
| 12 | Oh I 'm getting a cold here and I 'm ha but I hope I 've given it to Pete you watch ! |
| 13 | I hope I have given some idea of what a single neuron with its trigger feature and projective zone an accomplish , and now I must explain a bit about the neocortex , which is the stage on which neurons perform to bring about higher mental processes . |
| 14 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) would seem to suggest all the experience I have gained and the help and support I have given to young children has no value . |
| 15 | You 'll believe I 've given in |
| 16 | Until this wretched point in my narrative , I believe I have given a fairly good account of myself . |
| 17 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
| 18 | I feel I have given her my heart . |
| 19 | I bought the DesignaKnit 4 Professional some months back and I feel I have to give it nothing but praise . |
| 20 | Every place on which the sole of your foot treads I have given it to you . |
| 21 | ‘ Still , at least you seem to appreciate I 've given you the plum job , whilst landing myself with the task of keeping an eye on Fedorov . |
| 22 | I really felt I 'd given myself totally to African life . " |
| 23 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 24 | And from this time I knew I had to give up so many things — my sailing and so on — but the music came back to me a hundred times better . |
| 25 | From reading sex manuals I knew I wanted to give oral sex because I love that part of a woman 's anatomy and I wanted to get close to it . |
| 26 | Now the major problem that came up the other day was that , I thought I had given you a very easy extract to translate into modern English , and it turned out not to be such an easy extract , obviously . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
| 29 | ‘ So it is , ’ she agreed , ‘ but before you go I want to give you something . ’ |
| 30 | I think I 've given myself too much dinner . |