Example sentences of "so i give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bit annoying like , cos I ca n't remember , so I give Marie back the pictures . |
| 2 | The fish gives a little , so I give a little , which is a mistake , for the fish takes advantage of my generosity and dives again for whatever refuge it seeks under the raft . |
| 3 | I 'm frightened of these teenagers so I give in to their demands for money . |
| 4 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't really believe in marriage , but I did n't want to lose my husband either , so I gave in , ’ she explains . |
| 6 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 7 | His Spanish was almost non-existent , and he did not know how to study a foreign language , so I gave him lessons . |
| 8 | It seemed she expected an answer , so I gave it . |
| 9 | By this time I was frothing at the mouth like a rabid dog in walking boots with the effort of running in the heat , so I gave in and resumed normal speed . |
| 10 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 11 | I had visions of a nomad 's only camel eating it and dying , so I gave chase , watching the dust from my feet overtake me . |
| 12 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 13 | I thought that I was being stupid , so I gave it up . |
| 14 | While it was charming I was not at all happy there so I gave up the grandiose life and moved over to the Peel Street YMCA . |
| 15 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 16 | I had one , Justin had one , Joanna had one and mummy had one , so I gave daddy a bit of mine . ’ |
| 17 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 18 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 19 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 20 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 21 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 22 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 23 | but around 1950 I began to realise that this was n't getting me anywhere , so I gave up painting with oil paints and began instead to draw with oils . |
| 24 | I glanced quickly at it but found it too difficult to understand , so I gave it back . |
| 25 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 26 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 27 | Ssamois with polenta the centrepiece of the Menu Gastronomico Valdostano , so I gave that a wide berth . |
| 28 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 29 | Sir Edmund was out when I got back to the office , so I gave my new name and address to Rosemary and went back to the Temple to collect some kit for my weekend with Joanna . |
| 30 | But there was not time to prepare this seminar , so I gave it myself , with one of my graduate students repeating my words . |