Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The way I behaved certainly gave rise to a bit of drama , from time to time . |
| 2 | The idea is that formalizing it much the same as you had , I 'd just given and it 's got induction er it 's got A B C erm there are personal details so that departments people picking up , see where they 've gone , see where they 've been and in things like skills , knowledge required , objectives start , finish dates how and with whom results comments . |
| 3 | I think I 'd best give you your supper before he comes back , had n't I ? ’ |
| 4 | I 'd already given up trying to please my father . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It was something I 'd never given any thought to , but it was nice to be asked , and when the Ulster Branch were happy to accept my nomination I was delighted to take up the offer . |
| 6 | I 'd better give her a ring , I suppose . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'd better give this a bit of a read . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd better give her a hand or she 'll sulk . |
| 9 | Actually — ’ she frowned at her watch as she followed the other girl to the door ‘ — I definitely think I 'd better give the coffee a miss . |
| 10 | I think I 'd better give you a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics . |
| 11 | I 'd better give it to you because he has |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd almost given you up , ’ said Emlyn , half nettled , half intrigued . |
| 13 | I 'd almost given up hope that you 'd ever see me as a girl … a woman . |
| 14 | But I 've walked past so many pretty dresses and little socks with lacy tops , I 'd almost given up . |
| 15 | " I came here to give her a present . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | , I think perhaps give them the , the shorter years . |
| 18 | In the spring of 1977 I did indeed give birth to a boy who later grew that shock of fair hair . |
| 19 | Oh dear , I said well give it some ! |
| 20 | Anyway then I said are they interested in this quiz night , and she says I have n't go she says she 'd ask Jan , I said well give me a ring back a bit later . |
| 21 | I said just give me the file on it . |
| 22 | When I got home I found , among the mountain of letters ( mainly telling me I had filled in a blue form when it should have been a yellow one or asking for information I had already given ) , one from the BBC asking me to get in touch with the Punters office in Bristol as soon as possible . |
| 23 | I felt as if I had just given birth . |
| 24 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 25 | Earlier I had felt as if I was being torn in two , but now the decision was made , I was floating on a warm tide of physical ease , as if I had just given birth . |
| 26 | I was glad then that he did not know the subject of the talk I had just given at the conference — the possibility that space-time was finite but had no boundary , which means that it had no beginning , no moment of Creation . |
| 27 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 28 | Bungee Jumping was something I had never given much thought to , never mind considered actually doing myself . |
| 29 | But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground , and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place ; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given , that for anything I knew , the watch might have always been there . |
| 30 | But I was dreading the French paper to which I had only given the dregs of my time as I had had so much else on my plate . |