Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] give " in BNC.

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1 They were standing now , in the as bomb-hit kitchen , Rab and Doctor ; and Doctor — she was taller than him , what with her feather and hat , by a good head — said , ‘ Those pills that I 've given you , take them only as prescribed .
2 He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed .
3 And then I feel that I 've given myself to somebody who thinks my heart is a pretty flower .
4 Well I hope that I 've given you enough to get you started on the right tracks .
5 Now you think that because I am I am forgiven and I preach forgiveness that I would be pretty good as up people , but that 's part of my human failure and I must admit that I 've given plenty of opportunity to practice at home and at work er the opportunity to forgive , but it does n't come easily and certainly it is n't a strong feature of the non-Christian world in which I work and which you will be working soon .
6 Er Rosie the the press release number six that I 've given to Sandra , will you tell her to hold it please and not to send it out tomorrow .
7 The best bit of information you 've got is the syllabus coverage that I 've given you .
8 ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic .
9 So know that , if you now refer back to the , the book that I 've given you this morning and if you turn to where it says okay it says stop here do not read on
10 I think to be a good teaching aid something has to say ‘ Well I think this because ’ and , as it were , retrace the chain of reasoning that I 've just the sort of chain that I 've given you .
11 The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond .
12 ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake .
13 Nor that I wished to give myself in life
14 He had expressed so often the depth of his love and had made it clear to me that I had given meaning to his life .
15 But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’
16 Who said that I had given thee up .
17 I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive .
18 Fortunately those of my friends who knew me before were only amused by this foolish description and there was no general resentment of my peerage , which could properly have been attributed to many services that I had given to the government — of both colours .
19 It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love .
20 He and I have had a series of meetings about the provision of the slip road , and he reminded me of an undertaking that I had given when Minister responsible for health matters a few years ago .
21 When I reminded him that I had given expert advice and spent time and petrol on his call , he agreed reluctantly that I had a case .
22 I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range .
23 Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created .
24 Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend .
25 ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try .
26 All I know is that I want to give everything I have for England again . ’
27 ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up .
28 You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her .
29 Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’
30 ‘ I said that I liked to give the islanders the impression that I lived alone . ’
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