Example sentences of "i [verb] give my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some boy I told to give my work . |
| 2 | Once again , I 'd given my film to David . |
| 3 | Mark says , ‘ I 'd given my consent to AID but I could n't have told you how I might feel if Wendy did conceive . |
| 4 | I like to give my children whatever they want , even if I have to go without . |
| 5 | Elaine , do I have to give my home address ? |
| 6 | But how many dull moments may I have given my listeners ? |
| 7 | But I decided to give my countryman a chance , not that I 'd moved four thousand miles to be shown around London by a fellow American , and a hick from the provinces to boot . |
| 8 | Before I attempt to give my own views on what is a complicated ( and locally controversial ) subject , perhaps a more general look at our sea-birds and their lifestyles would be appropriate . |
| 9 | One day when I went to give my language class at the university I found the word maricone ( queer ) chalked in large Gothic letters on the blackboard . |
| 10 | ‘ It will break my heart if I had to give my little girl up . |
| 11 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 12 | If I had given my advice it would have been ignored . ’ |
| 13 | The Chief-Corporal to whom I had given my sisters ' addresses at Canjuers was there , and he told me that he had sent my oldest sister a photograph of himself in a tank and one of his apartment in La Rochelle . |
| 14 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 15 | ‘ And now I 've given my message , ’ said Joe , standing up and picking up his hat . |
| 16 | I 've given my orders . |
| 17 | I 've given my word on that . |
| 18 | Magill was n't the first time I 've given my Little All for my job , but that ca n't mean I can only get it right when … |
| 19 | ‘ I 've given my life to looking after my father and my brother . |
| 20 | I 've given my word to her mother that I will see to it that she does — she would n't have been allowed to come here on holiday otherwise , she would have been shut up in her mother 's apartment in Rome . ’ |
| 21 | I 've given my word that , if I do decide to invest in this project , all care will be exercised to see that the area is n't spoiled in any way . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic . |
| 23 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 24 | ‘ Have you forgotten I have to give my approval before you lay your hands on a penny of it ? |
| 25 | I have given my consent to his being in my study , but on this occasion the initiative was mine . |
| 26 | Why , in the past week alone I have given my views on nuclear disarmament , the Middle East , world hunger , racism in the dairy industry , the proper depth to set okra seedlings and the supremacy of angst in the first two volumes of Winnie the Pooh . |
| 27 | I have given my consent , intending to gratify her wishes in this respect only for a short while . |
| 28 | I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates who , if not exactly " worthless " , know as well as I do they have no chance of being elected . |
| 29 | I have given my filth-preference vote to one of them , and together with other much-transferred votes it may determine his election . |
| 30 | After I have given my first three preferences to Apple , Banana and Cherry my fourth preference , if I express one , will count only if Apple , Banana and Cherry have been either elected or eliminated . |