Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] i give " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 2 | I mean if I was a peasant and someone told me to give up drinking then I 'd , you know |
| 3 | The the exercise of course was out of eight because I gave I gave you to do asking the questions to do which provided an answer . |
| 4 | I said an er I said do you think that I was n't a career woman , I said I gave it all up for yo er to have to look after my young babies and then when the babies were no longer young , when I got through that phase of my life I went back and combined looking after a home very adequately , thank you ! |
| 5 | ‘ Everyone told me to give up the womanising at my age . ’ |
| 6 | You asked me to give you a ring like . ’ |
| 7 | At our last meeting , you asked me to give you a reminder regarding the above . |
| 8 | You asked me to give you a note on my interest in bibliometric research on the Journal . |
| 9 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 10 | ‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’ |
| 11 | She asked me to give you some good advice . |
| 12 | I went to lunch with my mother , who told me giving birth was like being run over by a steamroller ; thanks for the reassurance , Mum . |
| 13 | So she said to help Mary out she said I gave her all the sweets and chocolate I had she said so the kids could have something to go over with . |
| 14 | Now , reflects Neneh , ‘ Naima and I are really like partners — she trusted me to give her strength and security , and I gained a life in my life — that 's been a complete life-saver a lot of the time . |
| 15 | ‘ In the end , they told me to give him a bottle because he was too hungry to feed properly , but looking back I 'm sure it was because they did n't have time to help me ; and after two days I had to go home because they needed the bed . |
| 16 | ‘ They told me to give it to you , Headmaster , ’ said Robert . |
| 17 | He made me give him Celia 's address , and he wrote to her and said I should not be working and living alone at my age . |
| 18 | To my surprise , he invited me to give a poetry reading in Madrid . |
| 19 | Having reached his destination , he remembered the message that he had been asked to give to his hostess : ‘ I travelled down with an uncle of yours and he told me to give you the following message , ’ he said . |
| 20 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 21 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 22 | No , what she said was that we spent er no he said I gave a fat cheque for the caravan . |
| 23 | I do n't know why anyone picked me to give a speech . |
| 24 | He wanted me to give him ideas . |
| 25 | Well okay , you gave me two , now what did I give you . |