Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 2 | By sheer luck I had given Reuters their biggest news scoop since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 . |
| 3 | She is already in her nightdress , and I stand up holding my toothbrush like I 've found the present I forgot to give her . |
| 4 | Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art . |
| 5 | I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble . |
| 6 | ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse . |
| 7 | Some boy I told to give my work . |
| 8 | Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday . |
| 9 | To satisfy my pride I tried to give the soldier some grounds for his suspicions . |
| 10 | It was a little different from the age I had given to my employers ! |
| 11 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 12 | The next morning I had to give in my notice at the bank — first to the manager at Fontanellato and then , in person , to my boss in Parma . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I persuaded the woman I spoke to give me this address . |
| 14 | When the man eventually got home that day he told the assembled villagers of our meeting , and my warning , and said that after he had watched me go round a bend in the road a hundred yards away he started to light the cigarette I had given him . |
| 15 | In my application I had to give the names of two people who could give references about my work . |
| 16 | I used to like giving poetry readings , but in the end I had to give up , for I could not stand the socializing afterwards , as if my poetry had just been the excuse for a drinking spree à la Dylan Thomas . |
| 17 | In a way I had given up . |
| 18 | At around this time I began to give private lessons in Latin and mathematics to a few boys who were in their first and second years of school in Parma or who had to take an entrance examination . |
| 19 | ‘ Anyway , I 've been so lucky in life I reckon it 's about time I started giving something back — and the club 's the perfect place to do it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ In true Hitchcock tradition , I always make one appearance in each series of Rumpole , but this time I decided to give myself a speaking part , ’ he says . |
| 21 | These hijras are very bad and very dirty ladies , ’ he had said the first time I tried to give Razia a lift in his car . |
| 22 | It was n't until we got to Redbridge Station that she thought — and I could almost hear her thinking — about the envelope and the fiver I 'd given her . |