Example sentences of "when i gave " in BNC.

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1 He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff …
2 When I gave my first class , Manuela stood up as soon as I entered , and in beautiful English , then in Spanish , expressed the sympathies of the whole class .
3 You are very kind to have thought of him and when I gave him your kiss he gave me a hundred in return to pass on to you believing I could and indeed I wish he was correct in his supposition .
4 At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job .
5 When I gave up cabaret , Roger became musical director on board the Canberra .
6 When I gave up my job I would try to do something positive every day .
7 She was also mightily relieved when I gave up wearing sweaters on TV-am and reverted to jacket and tie .
8 The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved .
9 When I gave it away I believe I was still playing well enough to continue for a few more years , but I had had enough , and it was time to consider the family .
10 I missed it when I gave it up to get married .
11 The porter asked my name and when I gave it , asked if I had a relative called Charles Rocke .
12 When I gave up cricket , I turned to golf .
13 ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’
14 Dr Burstead — when I gave it to him he put it in his mouth and bit it to see that it was a good 'un .
15 And when I gave him what he wanted , he gave me what I wanted .
16 I got the map from his secretary , and when I gave it him he spread it out on his desk .
17 When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick .
18 This made for a softer , more innocent and ingenuous ‘ Dora ’ , but perhaps what was needed was a slightly sharper , more bristly Dora with a hidden vulnerability , which came more naturally when I gave her a North London accent …
19 Every little thing concerning Jacob turned into a private battle between Rachel and I. When I gave birth to Reuben , I believed that my husband must love me for giving him a son .
20 When I gave him his afternoon coffee he said , ‘ She was such an interesting person , ’ and dabbed his eyes .
21 Marc was saying , ‘ When I gave you that place on your twenty-first birthday , Peter , I foolishly imagined it would help you settle down as you seemed to have no idea what you wanted to do with your life .
22 I bought this place when I was — ’ he frowned ‘ — when I gave up motor racing .
23 He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict .
24 ‘ Had you seen me then , as I left your hotel , when I gave into that need to kiss you — be it on the cheek , I 'm sure you would have thought ‘ poor Ven ’ . ’
25 And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago
26 However , my sense of superiority was soon punctured when I gave a paper on semantics at the Philological Society , where my views met with scepticism and some hostility .
27 and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions .
28 Well I should imagine my would be insulted now when I gave him all those things !
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