Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Nor that I wished to give myself in life
2 But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’
3 I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive .
4 It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love .
5 Who said that I had given thee up .
6 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 .
7 ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try .
8 ‘ 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 . ’
9 He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for .
10 She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn .
11 ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’
12 ‘ I jumped out of my seat , my headphones flew off and I started giving her mouth-to-mouth .
13 You le you left it in the room today , I picked it up and I forgot to give it you .
14 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 .
15 By this time Desmond had nearly stopped on the flarepath and I decided to give him a wide berth .
16 Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something .
17 Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on .
18 Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd
19 If I had given my advice it would have been ignored . ’
20 ‘ 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 .
21 ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up .
22 If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps .
23 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 .
24 You would be very cross if I stopped giving it . ’
25 I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up .
26 You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot .
27 He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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