Example sentences of "[det] [noun] i give " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
| 2 | Earlier in this chapter I gave some idea of the linguistic complexities of the Caribbean . |
| 3 | Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern . |
| 4 | But first I must warn you that this evening I give you not a narrative . |
| 5 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 6 | And then another week I give you two |
| 7 | And I went down , and come back up with this tray of drinks and er Mike screaming , and I still had n't seen this feller I give the other drinks out , well when I went to take his in well he was as black as two o'clock in the morning was n't he ? |
| 8 | At this stage I gave up , went back home and retired to a half-darkened room to read the paper . |
| 9 | ‘ And what you said this morning … about that manuscript I gave you . |
| 10 | ‘ Well I 'm not , ’ said Robert , ‘ and I want to know what you 've found out about that manuscript I gave you ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I must be careful how much love I give ’ |
| 12 | What do you mean ? she said At that point I gave up . |
| 13 | We were there on 3rd May 1945 when Rangoon was liberated , and that evening I gave a short broadcast over All-India Radio , telling our friends in India and Burma that we should shortly be back in the liberated city to help with the tremendous task of reconstruction . |
| 14 | Did that job I give you this morning . |
| 15 | ‘ Those papers I gave you the other evening — ’ |
| 16 | In the life of a maturing Christian it is that space I give in quiet thought , reflection and meditation . |
| 17 | What , that list I gave you earlier on ? |
| 18 | The structure and grading is now very sensitive and complex , and any advice I give here has to be responsible and realistic . |
| 19 | I gave him the same answer I gave you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But the language of our Parliament is English and it seems only right that any hospitality I give should be in English too . ’ |
| 21 | well I can understand that , yes well I , I , I , just say was n't going to rule on this and I 'm not in , not er convinced at the moment it would be appropriate to rule on it er as part of the er , in any judgment I gave , but it seemed to me quite important on reflection to , to hear the way what you were putting it |
| 22 | And throughout the journey , the question asked by that woman in the beginning anchored the emphasis of this book , it shook a fist at the ghosts over my shoulder ( because like most people I give to others the power to intimidate and censor from afar ) and it forced me to make the chronicle accountable to its subjects . |