Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] i give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifty p I give Dass . |
| 2 | The greatest pleasure I gave him was the fact that nobody knew about me . |
| 3 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 4 | Earlier in this chapter I gave some idea of the linguistic complexities of the Caribbean . |
| 5 | Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern . |
| 6 | But first I must warn you that this evening I give you not a narrative . |
| 7 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 8 | And then another week I give you two |
| 9 | And I went down , and come back up with this tray of drinks and er Mike screaming , and I still had n't seen this feller I give the other drinks out , well when I went to take his in well he was as black as two o'clock in the morning was n't he ? |
| 10 | Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive . |
| 11 | At this stage I gave up , went back home and retired to a half-darkened room to read the paper . |
| 12 | ‘ And what you said this morning … about that manuscript I gave you . |
| 13 | ‘ Well I 'm not , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I want to know what you 've found out about that manuscript I gave you ! ’ |
| 14 | is that the milky bar I gave him ? |
| 15 | On the following day I gave directions for expedition , and also for the service of evidence , which was most commendably complied with by all concerned during the intervening five days , which included the May bank holiday weekend . |
| 16 | ‘ I must be careful how much love I give ’ |
| 17 | In the preceding section I gave ample evidence that the fear is unjustified . |
| 18 | What do you mean ? she said At that point I gave up . |
| 19 | At this low point I gave in and had my epidural topped up . |
| 20 | But even with that clutch of reasons to be glassy-eyed , I 've stayed almost sober for an entire month , sitting miserably at the bar wondering why low-alcohol lager has an after-taste like floor polish , and disturbing old friends with the rapt attention I give to such enquiries as : ‘ Ice and lemon in your tonic water , sir ? ’ |
| 21 | We were there on 3rd May 1945 when Rangoon was liberated , and that evening I gave a short broadcast over All-India Radio , telling our friends in India and Burma that we should shortly be back in the liberated city to help with the tremendous task of reconstruction . |
| 22 | Did that job I give you this morning . |
| 23 | One particularly cold winter I gave in but stipulated that I must n't be around when it happened . |
| 24 | Erm three aspects , first of all there was that little word I gave you er to describe pa |
| 25 | Start by playing these combinations with one note then apply some of the melodic permutations I gave you in part 1 of this series . |
| 26 | Or is it that you 're worried about having to work a bit harder for the grand wages I give you … wages that 's been strangled out of me by that bloody woman o ’ yours ? ’ |
| 27 | " But it 's a good thing I gave her that extra lavage yesterday . " |
| 28 | By happy chance I gave this a backdrop of an old hardy-hybrid rhododendron with mauve flowers , and underplanted it with ground-covering , spotted-leafed pulmonarias ( lungworts ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Those papers I gave you the other evening — ’ |
| 30 | Suppose on the other hand that as a thoroughly loyal supporter of the Fruity Party I give all of my first three preferences to all of its three candidates — to Cherry as well as to Apple and Banana . |