Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | I hope I 've given you the motivation — and confidence — to go out and develop your own personal communication style to its full potential . |
| 6 | Oh I 'm getting a cold here and I 'm ha but I hope I 've given it to Pete you watch ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You 'll believe I 've given in |
| 10 | Until this wretched point in my narrative , I believe I have given a fairly good account of myself . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | I feel I have given her my heart . |
| 13 | Every place on which the sole of your foot treads I have given it to you . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | I really felt I 'd given myself totally to African life . " |
| 16 | I only took out the palace because I knew I 'd given I 'd written a cheque for forty |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
| 20 | I think I 've given myself too much dinner . |
| 21 | I am a direct entrant and think I have given a little to the Institute in return for the privilege of being granted Membership . |
| 22 | At least , Scarlet thought , Camille did n't notice I 've given her wholemeal bread . |
| 23 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 24 | ‘ But I would hate to get to 40 and look back , thinking : ‘ I wish I 'd given it my best shot ’ . ’ |
| 25 | In the descriptions of the constellations which follow I have given hints on how to find the clusters , nebulæ and galaxies which are within binocular range . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't say I 'd given everything to make my husband what he was , or that he 'd cheated on me . |