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 . |