Example sentences of "[vb base] given i " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Francois Fenelon prayed : ‘ Gentleness is thy work , my God , and it is the work thou hast given me to do . ’ |
| 2 | You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’ |
| 3 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 4 | In fact the only thing they 've given me so far are heels like ungrated Parmesan cheese . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously . |
| 6 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 7 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've given me an idea , Lee . |
| 9 | ‘ I could manage stockings out of what you 've given me . ’ |
| 10 | In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table . |
| 11 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 12 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Serve the Captain — what 's this stuff you 've given me ? |
| 14 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 15 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 16 | You 've given me enough food to keep me alive and Cousin Genti 's cast-off clothing , seeing we 're the same size . |
| 17 | ‘ If you are referring to Mrs. Channing , you 've given me no instructions to regard her as a client . ’ |
| 18 | Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me . |
| 19 | Now you 've given me the same answer for two different inputs , but that 's okay . |
| 20 | ‘ And you 've given me the impression you wanted to see me , too . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |
| 22 | They 've given me the main facts . |
| 23 | Now , you 've given me Stelazine I 'm not sure when I 'm taking it , Doctor . |
| 24 | You 've given me a lot . ’ |
| 25 | You 've given me my breakfast , left my lunch on the kitchen table , cleaned the house and helped me down the stairs . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , you 've given me something new to think about tonight , ’ whispers Riva , unlatching the outside door . |
| 27 | Thanks very much Mark , you 've given me the hardest part . |
| 28 | ‘ Dear God , woman , you 've given me an idea there . |
| 29 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 30 | Two , two , one and , and the groups tell us who the representatives are , and I , I wo n't serve on the committee , I think I 'll er , that I 'll , you 've given me enough to do anyway , there 's a limit , and unlike our officer , I do have to do some cooking . |