Example sentences of "i [vb past] given him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 3 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 4 | He stopped bothering me , I 'd given him something more important to worry about . |
| 5 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 6 | He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 9 | When the man eventually got home that day he told the assembled villagers of our meeting , and my warning , and said that after he had watched me go round a bend in the road a hundred yards away he started to light the cigarette I had given him . |
| 10 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 11 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 12 | And often we would lie together in the sun after a bathe , and kiss and caress each other , and it was a dear , familiar pleasure , associated in my mind and body with safety and mutual delight and no demands made ; his hands were wondering and tender , and his face when I opened my eyes to look at it had the extraordinary beauty it used to have when I had given him even this limited sensual happiness . |
| 13 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 14 | Three sons I had given him , and still he did not love me as I was so desperate to be loved . |