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

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1 But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’
2 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 .
3 It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love .
4 Who said that I had given thee up .
5 ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’
6 If I had given my advice it would have been ignored . ’
7 ‘ 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 .
8 ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up .
9 I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up .
10 You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot .
11 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 .
12 Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile !
13 Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all .
14 Think about Felix and his family , who hated me after I had given them love .
15 I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me .
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