Example sentences of "[pron] gave i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I did n't , I got the bus part way , 'cos someone gave me some money for the bus . |
| 2 | I felt ill and someone gave me some DFs and I felt better . |
| 3 | Some of you may not know that you have recently given me two lovely present , the first , for my birthday , being a beautiful flower arrangement which gave me great pleasure , particularly as I live in the centre of London and my nearest ‘ garden ’ is Regent 's Park ! |
| 4 | I have received thy kind letter of February the 19th 1755 , which gave me much satisfaction : and some uneasiness , that so many years have elapsed wherein we might have reciprocally communicated our observations to each other ; and although thee had incomparably the advantage over me , yet , notwithstanding , I love to peep into the abstruse operations of nature . |
| 5 | I had to stand in front of the whole school which gave me ample opportunity to observe the envy on some girls ' faces because knitting for the troops was a popular pastime then . |
| 6 | The Andalo is a well constructed boot designed for the wider British foot , which gave me many miles of trouble-free walking . |
| 7 | They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails . |
| 8 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 9 | I attended a fortnight 's training course at the BBC , which gave me some understanding of the part I would have to play in supervising the work of the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 10 | Then I met an Arab who gave me 200 francs and my ambition was never to come back to England again . |
| 11 | That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about . |
| 12 | The Hon. Gentleman should perhaps speak to some of his own colleagues who gave me that advice . |
| 13 | I went to my doctor who gave me some pain-killers and told me to rest . |
| 14 | After all , you gave me endless opportunities . ’ |
| 15 | Well it was good feedback , I mean you told me what was good about it , what was bad about it , and , and you gave me constructive criticism as to how it could be better as well . |
| 16 | ‘ You gave me that line about my mind ten years ago , ’ Emma said . |
| 17 | Because you gave me ten milligrams and t the five 's not very strong . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's not the impression you gave me last weekend at Casa Sciorto , Caroline . ’ |
| 19 | P : ‘ Not if they 're like the ones you gave me last week ! ’ |
| 20 | Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about . |
| 21 | You gave me enough rope for eighteen months , and now … |
| 22 | I seem to vaguely remember you gave me some directions last time . |
| 23 | She gave me that up-from-under look that only women can do without appearing cretinous . |
| 24 | When I was ill she gave me some herbs made into a medicine and I got better quite quickly . |
| 25 | ‘ She gave me some help when I badly needed it . |
| 26 | Rosalind said it must go tonight , and she gave me three pence for a lolly to stamp it and post it . ’ |
| 27 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 28 | She said she gave me three mugs |
| 29 | she gave me ten pound in an envelope and she said this , this is for your trouble . |
| 30 | She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit . |