Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I 'd best give you your supper before he comes back , had n't I ? ’ |
| 2 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 4 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 5 | I 'd better give it to you because he has |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd almost given you up , ’ said Emlyn , half nettled , half intrigued . |
| 7 | " I came here to give her a present . |
| 8 | I think about it a hell of a lot you know , not with morbid fascination but because everything that I went through gave me an inner strength and I am frightened to lose it . |
| 9 | And a call came over the radio that there was a problem with one of the pumps downstairs , so seeing I had nothing better to do at that time I went downstairs to give them a hand . |
| 10 | well er , I went down to give him my book cos I do anything |
| 11 | Because the first one was quite small I did not give it the full ‘ advance ’ treatment that I usually do . |
| 12 | ‘ No , Constanza , ’ Ludovico replied , ‘ I did not give you a shock . |
| 13 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 14 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
| 15 | I did n't give him anything then . ’ |
| 16 | A month ago I did n't give him a dog 's chance , but a funny thing seems to have happened on the way to X-ray . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't give him much . |
| 18 | I did n't give him my card . |
| 19 | and the things I did n't give him . |
| 20 | I did n't give him a chance to say anything , just said I was coming to his place right that minute , and then I put the phone down . ’ |
| 21 | We 've had a few lazy laughs in the past , and I knew he carried clout , but I did n't give him the respect he deserved . |
| 22 | He did n't get that straight off and I did n't give him time to think about it . |
| 23 | " I did n't give him my version , as you call it . |
| 24 | ‘ Since I did n't give them any praise , Annie and Lizzie had to do the praising instead . |
| 25 | I did n't give them a second glance . |
| 26 | I did n't give them names , which was just as well because they both had to go to be killed . |
| 27 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
| 28 | I did n't give them my mouse , er , I gave 'em the mouse but no joy-stick . |
| 29 | I did n't give her enough . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't give her a choice . |