Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] to give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor that I wished to give myself in life |
| 2 | Saturday morning , and once again a fair and breezy day , so fair that I decided to give myself a holiday from writing , and go straight after breakfast to pick up the supplies I would need for the weekend . |
| 3 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 5 | You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you . |
| 6 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 7 | By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 10 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
| 13 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
| 14 | But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
| 16 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 17 | Corky 's taking an age typing them all in — even slower since I threatened to give him a good lashing ! |
| 18 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |