Example sentences of "he gave me the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave me the thumbs up sign then disappeared into his trench . |
| 2 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 3 | He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story : the thirty-five-foot mountain he 'd ridden on 5 January 1985 . |
| 4 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 5 | He gave me the thumbs up sign , half a wink and I marched head high to the door . |
| 6 | He signalled me from Pitt Street and I met him and he gave me the peg [ the notebook entry you both make ] . |
| 7 | ‘ But he gave me the car … . ’ |
| 8 | He gave me the key . ’ |
| 9 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 11 | I sat up and he gave me the handkerchief out of his pyjama pocket . |
| 12 | Despite his having given her a tough time on set , Lysette is still very fond of Woody Allen : ‘ He gave me the courage to be brave . |
| 13 | I do n't quite know why , but he gave me the impression , without uttering more than a few words , that he had much more than superficial knowledge , and an amusing touch of the sardonic as well . |
| 14 | When he and his brothers left this world , I could not go with him , but he gave me the gift of never growing old . |
| 15 | He gave me the keys of the tower . |
| 16 | ‘ Then he gave me the pitch . |
| 17 | He gave me the cheque . |
| 18 | He gave me the answers . ’ |
| 19 | Then I nearly fell over when Hywel walked in because I met him on the mountain and he gave me the eye . ’ |
| 20 | I smiled at him , and he gave me the trace of a wary smile back . |
| 21 | But my Bible tells me he gave me the power to receive him and to become . |
| 22 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 23 | He gave me the good news that Elizabeth and Ernest were safe and well . |
| 24 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 25 | Well he gave me the ! |
| 26 | Yes Jane it has , as luck would have it I was late arriving , had to run through the rain , ran into the main stand and by pure accident ran into the Oxford United dressing room and there was Brian Horton , he said ‘ Hallo Mick , hows the poster Mickey ’ as he always does , and in fact he gave me the team news and that is — Ian Walker makes his senior debut tonight with both Alan injured , also two other changes ; Jackson comes in for Gary Smart and one surprising one , Steve McLaren for Mark Steen . |