Example sentences of "[verb] given i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Wickedly wasteful , I know , but I smashed it , and set up a new one and I have painted upon that new one the first thing that has given me real pleasure for years , oh , years and years . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to be nervous before big games , but what has happened this year has given me increasing confidence , ’ said Beal . |
| 3 | In a world of fast transport and high mobility , working for an international company has given me much opportunity to travel , particularly in europe , the United States and the Far East . |
| 4 | You should know , at least , that Punch has given me much laughter . |
| 5 | This is , as I say , a matter which has given me much concern . |
| 6 | This railway has given me much pleasure . |
| 7 | I think this knee has given me early retirement . |
| 8 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 9 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 10 | This has given me extra motivation for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 11 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 12 | This — ’ he waved his hand — ‘ this has given me true inspiration . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 15 | This last possibility is one that has given me some concern over these months , and is something about which I still feel undecided . |
| 16 | Another point which has given me some concern is that the present book is supposed to be a directory of Cabinet Committees . |
| 17 | If I know something , it 's because the Lord has given me some understanding . |
| 18 | My P L C under the Chairmanship of Chester Tabler Mark has been wonderful and the encouragement I have received from seeing the enthusiasm and commitment of the very young Tablers as I purposely invited twenty year old Tablers to be involved in the P L C has given me considerable optimism for the future of Round Table . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 22 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 23 | So I went in and told them and they 'd given me wrong sack . |
| 24 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 25 | Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much |
| 26 | ‘ I wish I had ; ‘ t would have given me some hope that you might come to care for me . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I had hoped that joining Derry would have given me some hunger back for the game but it just has n't happened , ’ said Doherty . |
| 28 | The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | You 've given me enough food to keep me alive and Cousin Genti 's cast-off clothing , seeing we 're the same size . |