Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the three girls who were already employed at Number 147 just giggled whenever I gave any instructions , only made the appointment more pressing . |
| 2 | ‘ Look how I gave all that up for Bernard ! |
| 3 | ‘ I started making hats when I gave up my job and needed something to do . |
| 4 | So I forgot about him , at least until that evening when I gave Ellen some practice with the sextant . |
| 5 | His face was infuriatingly bland as he answered , ‘ Did n't you tell me that night when I gave you a lift home that your life fairly buzzed with — shall we say — events ? ’ |
| 6 | It seemed perfectly natural that I should spend one evening being waited on by uniformed retainers at the home of an important industrialist whose son I taught , and the next in a seedy bar drinking beer with a group of workers from the factory where I gave private courses in technical English . |
| 7 | I had er put a promotion together with a few travel agents in Scotland where I gave out holiday spending money . |
| 8 | It was about er the press and unemployment and it was about the way the effects of unemployment were written about in well broadsheet and popular newspapers , it also involved a bit of a study where I gave people some articles to show which had been typed up in a fairly anonymous format and , and got them to rate them in various ways and that was in , let me see , nineteen eighty three long long time ago |
| 9 | I was never given the chance to write Stephen a letter explaining why I gave him up for when he is older or anything . |
| 10 | That is the reason why I gave the Prime Minister prior notice of the question . |
| 11 | Certainly I am not , which is why I gave it consent to borrow such a substantial amount of money . |
| 12 | ‘ At times like this , ’ Bridget said sharply , ‘ I can see why I gave you the push after six weeks . |