Example sentences of "when [pron] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had one redeeming feature — his very good nature , except when he was in the boxing ring or after a few whiskies , when everyone gave him a wide berth . |
| 2 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When I gave up cabaret , Roger became musical director on board the Canberra . |
| 7 | When I gave up my job I would try to do something positive every day . |
| 8 | She was also mightily relieved when I gave up wearing sweaters on TV-am and reverted to jacket and tie . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I missed it when I gave it up to get married . |
| 12 | The porter asked my name and when I gave it , asked if I had a relative called Charles Rocke . |
| 13 | When I gave up cricket , I turned to golf . |
| 14 | ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And when I gave him what he wanted , he gave me what I wanted . |
| 17 | I got the map from his secretary , and when I gave it him he spread it out on his desk . |
| 18 | When I gave them a grenade they had n't found , I got another kick . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When I gave him his afternoon coffee he said , ‘ She was such an interesting person , ’ and dabbed his eyes . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I bought this place when I was — ’ he frowned ‘ — when I gave up motor racing . |
| 24 | He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
| 29 | Well I should imagine my would be insulted now when I gave him all those things ! |
| 30 | Roger Davis fell in love with photography when his gave him a box camera nearly 50 years ago . |