Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i [vb past] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 2 | She is already in her nightdress , and I stand up holding my toothbrush like I 've found the present I forgot to give her . |
| 3 | Because there was so little going on with the band I arranged to give myself a bit of a holiday . |
| 4 | When the man eventually got home that day he told the assembled villagers of our meeting , and my warning , and said that after he had watched me go round a bend in the road a hundred yards away he started to light the cigarette I had given him . |
| 5 | It was a little different from the age I had given to my employers ! |
| 6 | I 'm afraid I persuaded the woman I spoke to give me this address . |
| 7 | I used to like giving poetry readings , but in the end I had to give up , for I could not stand the socializing afterwards , as if my poetry had just been the excuse for a drinking spree à la Dylan Thomas . |
| 8 | It was n't until we got to Redbridge Station that she thought — and I could almost hear her thinking — about the envelope and the fiver I 'd given her . |