Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance I have given one which is in the last ten years we have nearly one and half million more people in work than we had ten years ago . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | By sheer luck I had given Reuters their biggest news scoop since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 . |
| 4 | For the purposes of this chapter I have given the four schools fictitious names . |
| 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 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
| 8 | It 's not a question I 've given much thought to . |
| 9 | It 's pretty much ready to go but I 'm quite keen to extend this playtime period I 've given myself . |
| 10 | During this period I have given readings and seminar papers at various academic centres , including the universities of Oxford , Durham , Edinburgh , Essex , Manchester , Lancaster , Newcastle , Sussex , and East Anglia , and have written a number of unpublished papers which I have given in seminars at other similar establishments . |
| 11 | I never thought … after the career I 've had , the service I 've given … . ’ |
| 12 | To be to be honest i I , I , it 's been , the presentation I 've given tonight has been slightly different , it 's the first time I tried it and it was really successful . |
| 13 | The title I have given to my paper echoes the extended title of the conference . |
| 14 | Any questions of general interest are also answered on this page , In the last month I have given advice on queries ranging from where to buy exactly the right picture hook to setting up a framing project group in a school . |
| 15 | It was a little different from the age I had given to my employers ! |
| 16 | The example I have given is by no means the only one that exists . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The other part of your homework I 've given you to do , is to write down all of the intervals that you can possibly have . |
| 19 | A , the landlord , having ( by conduct ) told B , his tenant , ‘ You need not fulfil your contractual duty to repair the premises within six months of the notice I have given you , ’ could not forfeit the lease ( that is , terminate the contract ) on the ground that B had broken his contract . |
| 20 | In the less demotic phases of my career I have given a number of lectures , most of them described as the Disraeli lectures , some as the Macmillan lecture and some even as the Macleod lecture . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In a typically grandiose gesture , CEGB chairman Sir Walter Marshall said on television that if the inquiry rejected the board 's case on safety grounds , he would resign ‘ because it meant that the technical advice I have given to government in past years has been proved to be incorrect ’ . |
| 23 | Trouble is in the past I 've given him Liberty silk ties . |
| 24 | The message I 've given to London is that volunteers are in very good heart and it does n't stop there . |
| 25 | I have n't given her this last year ( since I left home ) one half of the consideration I 've given the beastly creature upstairs just this last week . |
| 26 | erm And the reason I 've given you that one is that that was drawn in 1675 by David Loggen , and it 's a very , very accurate one , and it 's rather easier to see some of the places I shall be talking about , so I think it 's a nice one for you to have close up . |
| 27 | The reason I have given it the temporary title referred to above is because I have witnessed at least two name exchanges at the station in recent months . |
| 28 | In all other respects , I agree with the opinion of my Lord , Lord Lowry ; but for the reason I have given I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 29 | ‘ Luckily , yes — Listen , any information I 've given you is in confidence , remember that . |
| 30 | That information I have given to erm County Council Officers and therefore I think before you make any decisions you should erm |