Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] me [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild . |
| 2 | ‘ I must confess the fire at the manor has caused me some problems , ’ admitted Christian . |
| 3 | Rex has told me all about the Tyrrell Society and their activities a dozen times if he 's told me once . |
| 4 | The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again . |
| 5 | The local force have promised me all the help I need . ’ |
| 6 | Yet 35 years of research have convinced me that managerial hierarchy is the most efficient , the hardiest , and in fact the most natural structure ever devised for large organizations . |
| 7 | ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract . |
| 8 | My experience with organizations of all kinds in many different countries has convinced me that effective value-adding managerial leadership of subordinates can come only from an individual one category higher in cognitive capacity , working one category higher in problem complexity . |
| 9 | ‘ People associated with the council have called me all sorts of things . |
| 10 | ( As this sort of restlessness has seized me all my life , I need not elaborate . ) |
| 11 | But a closer examination has convinced me that , alien though Hugh 's thought was to the main stream of Anselm 's , an influence of some importance can be traced . |
| 12 | Yet strangely my time at Bristol had given me some relevant training . |
| 13 | Vincent Skinner , the Writer of the Tallies , complained that ‘ the distraction I have had about quarrels to my place have hindered me much and now so utterly discouraged me that the service I intended to have done I could not . |
| 14 | Economists have told me this could be the final push that will consign up to 250,000 people to the scrap heap . ’ |
| 15 | NCT has given me such a lot as I have moved twice when each of my children was 6 months , and as I attended really brilliant ante-natal classes before I had … and now that I am starting out on my ante-natal teacher training which will cost the branch £250 ( This is actually the cheapest training offered by any charity e.g. a Relate counsellor costs £600 to train ! ) , |
| 16 | You should know , at least , that Punch has given me much laughter . |
| 17 | The superintendent of police in my area has told me that , were we to round up about 150 people in the county of Cleveland , it would eradicate about 80 per cent . |
| 18 | England have only beaten the Turks 1–0 in their last two clashes and Wright admitted : ‘ The manager has given me another chance , now I 'm desperate to repay that faith . |
| 19 | If I know something , it 's because the Lord has given me some understanding . |
| 20 | ( My friend Simone has taught me this . ) |
| 21 | People have told me that before . |
| 22 | She said to Bridget , ‘ Kevin 's told me all about his sister . |
| 23 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 24 | that copper man had told me this morning |
| 25 | Bina 's told me all about you . ’ |
| 26 | Some A.S.M. members have told me that current official policy is wrong . |
| 27 | As a rugby junkie , New Zealand has given me most of my best fixes . ’ |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | This railway has given me much pleasure . |
| 30 | The surging crowd had carried me some rows back from the front . |