Example sentences of "[conj] i give it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only when I 'm writing an article that I give it its proper name ! |
| 2 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 3 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 4 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 5 | I thought that I was being stupid , so I gave it up . |
| 6 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 7 | I glanced quickly at it but found it too difficult to understand , so I gave it back . |
| 8 | But there was not time to prepare this seminar , so I gave it myself , with one of my graduate students repeating my words . |
| 9 | ‘ But it was too much hard work and sacrifice , so I gave it up when I was sixteen . |
| 10 | but I persuaded him that it would melt while he had his drink and to put it in my bag and er it was lunchtime when we got home and we were going some I , I ca n't remember what we were doing afterwards so I gave it to his mother , I thought she could share it . |
| 11 | I get this sort of aching feeling in my nose , and I give it a rub . |
| 12 | ‘ How did people look after the sick and helpless ? ’ — ‘ Just as I do nowadays : I collect money from the people , and I give it to them . |
| 13 | The penis stirs close to me , and I give it a wet nose . |
| 14 | So I says erm , Do you have any washing machines er that you have and all this and I give it all to him . |
| 15 | and we were walking along and there 's all these daffodils so I went and picked one and I give it to her . |
| 16 | ‘ I took a bowl of water and I gave it hirin , as if it was my father , or my brother , ’ said Kalchu . |
| 17 | You asked for Operation Cuckoo to be your personal responsibility and I gave it to you . |
| 18 | ‘ It was only a postcard photo and I gave it spirituality , animation and took it to another vocabulary ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The prime minister asked for it and I gave it , ’ he said of his resignation . |
| 20 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 21 | thank you and I gave it to Dorothy . |
| 22 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |
| 23 | Bought my Paradise Lost in a second hand book and I ga , shop , and I gave it to Marion . |
| 24 | I wondered if he would let me turn the handle if I gave it to him . |
| 25 | I 'm not comfortable but I suppose if I gave it a go I would get used to it . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't bear it if I give it to my children . ’ |
| 27 | So I 'm going to promise and you 've got to remind me about this promise that the next Tuesday , that 's when you 're or even Wednesday , but if I give it you Tuesday we can be organized for Wednesday ca n't we ? |
| 28 | If I give it to Laura one and then I 'll have to give thingamajig one . |
| 29 | But I give it back to er cos I have two pleadings bundles . |
| 30 | But I gave it to him you know . |