Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] i [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 2 | Fred has given me no good reason for wanting us to break up our marriage like this . ’ |
| 3 | After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU . |
| 4 | This has given me a vast amount of information about their needs and desires . |
| 5 | ‘ Berenice has given me a possible lead to her elusive husband . ’ |
| 6 | The group has given me a better insight into the similarities and differences between S Grade physics and biology . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to put something back into the game that has given me a good life . ’ |
| 8 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's nothing else to hang about for now that your friend at UFA has given me a new face . |
| 10 | OVER the summer months I have been attending a class to learn Irish sign language and it has given me a new understanding of what hearing people must feel when learning to talk to deaf people . |
| 11 | Since then I have replaced the old leaky fuel pump which has given me a perplexing problem . |
| 12 | The flight has given me a different feeling towards future flying trips . |
| 13 | One very generous gentleman in London , who imports pianos from Poland and who heard me playing the organ in the programmes , has offered me a brand-new piano as a gift . |
| 14 | It has caused me a great deal of work , but it has resulted in an extraordinary discovery , one that I hope may prove satisfactory to you all . ’ |
| 15 | Understanding the disk organisation has taken me a little time , but this has been amply repaid by the speed and ease of data storage which the hard disk gives me . |
| 16 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 18 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 19 | Visnews has sent me a 16-page fax on what they have ; please phone tomorrow to discuss . |
| 20 | ‘ Karl has sent me a good luck card . |
| 21 | I recently helped one of the Costain girls on some research and she has sent me the final document , which I suspect will one day be of invaluable professional use , so it was nice she remembered . |
| 22 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 23 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 24 | Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that . |
| 25 | ‘ So — you 're admitting to having told me a blatant lie ? ’ |
| 26 | Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat . |
| 27 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 28 | Years of the language battle seemed to have given me an inner eye . |
| 29 | One way or another , you seem to have cost me a great deal . |
| 30 | 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 . |