Example sentences of "[vb pp] i this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue . |
| 2 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 3 | She had given me this book , Period , and she says that how you feel about your first period affects you all your life , it affects your self-image , so it 's very important . |
| 4 | Ah well he says , and he said he 's given me this list . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 7 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 8 | Several videos on less obvious techniques have also impressed me this year . |
| 9 | ‘ But on the other hand I have no intention of letting you add my name to the list , just because you 've lent me this flat , ’ she lashed back . |
| 10 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |
| 11 | That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , my sister 's bought me this thing to go round my neck . |
| 13 | So she 's bought me this book ? |
| 14 | ‘ From what you 've told me this constable knows as much as Boz about the man who attacked Anna , but he 's made no arrest yet . ’ |
| 15 | that copper man had told me this morning |
| 16 | And they said , Well okay I can tell you right now you 've , how many appointments have you told me this week , this is the guy back at camp . |
| 17 | If anybody had told me this time last year that we 'd find another pyramid at Giza , I 'd have said they were crazy ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Behold , thou hast driven me this day away from the ground ; and from thy face I shall be hidden ; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth and whoever finds me will slay me . ’ |
| 19 | When I reply to debates , it is my custom to have heard all the speeches that have been made , so it is unfortunate that pressing circumstances outside the House have led me this evening to commit the grave discourtesy of not being in my place to hear as many speeches as I should have liked . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , come on , you do n't really think you 're the first man who 's issued me this kind of invitation ? ’ |
| 21 | I received with much pleasure the token of your friendship which you have sent me this morning in the way of [ a ] dram Bottle and shall treasure it up until I reach the wilds of the beautiful country I anticipate so much pleasure in exploring . |