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 . |