Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for . |
| 2 | And he says it 's more than I 've given the others because they did have an increase . |
| 3 | If I took the food away from her too often , though , there was a danger she would lose interest , so I had to give in to her a few times . |
| 4 | Whenever I use anything else — a different amp or something — I just ca n't get anything to happen , so I 've given up trying , basically . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
| 6 | What if I wish to give small amounts regularly over a period ? |
| 7 | What if I wish to give a sum of capital or a sum in excess of my annual taxable income ? |
| 8 | Well no , what do I do about if I get given a detention ? |
| 9 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 10 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 11 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 12 | Twelve pence , she reckoned ; perhaps if I had given ten pence to the beggar this would not have happened . |
| 13 | If I had given my advice it would have been ignored . ’ |
| 14 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 15 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 16 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 17 | If I had to give Ferguson advice about bringing the best out of him , I would need only one word — dialogue . ’ |
| 18 | If I had to give the best pen picture I could contrive of Harold Wilson , I would describe him as an immensely intelligent man , rather less — by my standards — than half-educated . |
| 19 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 20 | But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do . |
| 21 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 22 | You would be very cross if I stopped giving it . ’ |
| 23 | Your pardon , Admiral , if I have given offence . ’ |
| 24 | But it does n't matter anyway cos I 've give her some money and I 'll give her her other money |
| 25 | Cos I have to give it back |
| 26 | I sent back a tirade of bitter invective , written during a long , lonely evening when Richard was dining in college : did she think that because I had given up working for my degree I was necessarily isolated from intelligent thought ? |
| 27 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 28 | I intend to remain faithful , simply because I 've given infidelity a whirl and it does n't work for me . |
| 29 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 30 | Clarkson got his refund ‘ because I refused to give up ’ , not because Coventry believed his story . |