Example sentences of "i [vb past] give [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I asked to give him a lead .
2 I got to give him to you hold it
3 I got to give you two eights .
4 I got to give you the cello .
5 I tried to give him a withering look .
6 I tried to give her the kiss of life .
7 If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps .
8 Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art .
9 I tried to give you time , ’ he groaned into her hair , then , with a moan of desire to match her own , she felt him return to her , and then all the rest was heaven .
10 I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left .
11 Again , the two TV programmes I mentioned give plenty of evidence of the power they exercise over the lives of thousands upon thousands .
12 You would be very cross if I stopped giving it . ’
13 Some boy I told to give my work .
14 I really felt I 'd given myself totally to African life . "
15 ‘ I ca n't say I 'd given everything to make my husband what he was , or that he 'd cheated on me .
16 She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn .
17 ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse .
18 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 .
19 But once I 'd given them to him I never saw them again so I imagine he must have burnt them .
20 I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble .
21 I 'd given them time to look for someone to replace me permanently .
22 Sometimes , after I 'd given them back their money , the customer would open the palm of their hand and I would discover that one of the coins I had passed over had suddenly disappeared so I ended up having to give them even more bees and honey .
23 He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already .
24 You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’
25 Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something .
26 He stopped bothering me , I 'd given him something more important to worry about .
27 Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on .
28 He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for .
29 Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face .
30 Once again , I 'd given my film to David .
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