Example sentences of "[pers pn] have given me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’ |
| 2 | You 've given me enough food to keep me alive and Cousin Genti 's cast-off clothing , seeing we 're the same size . |
| 3 | Two , two , one and , and the groups tell us who the representatives are , and I , I wo n't serve on the committee , I think I 'll er , that I 'll , you 've given me enough to do anyway , there 's a limit , and unlike our officer , I do have to do some cooking . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You have given me thirty pence . |
| 6 | It may not apply to anything but I know in the past when she 's given me those things to try erm she 's got a book at home and it 'll say erm particular |
| 7 | I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’ |
| 8 | but she 's given me some deep cream , she says these spasms she |
| 9 | So I went in and told them and they 'd given me wrong sack . |
| 10 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 11 | And they 've given me that . |
| 12 | In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | That 's why , ’ said Mahmoud , tapping the bundle of papers , ‘ they 've given me this . |
| 15 | They 've given me twenty or twenty four |
| 16 | During that journey I had only travelled among the Adoimara , and at Bilen they had given me alarming accounts of the ferocity of the Asaimara in Bahdu . |
| 17 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |
| 18 | all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 21 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 22 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 23 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
| 24 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 25 | It 's given me five clear working days to set up my appointments for next week . |
| 26 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 27 | Just us , fair and dark , peas in a pod , little and large ( well , I exaggerate here , she 's smaller , more slender ; but then Jeff , he 's given me new trust in my ass ) . |
| 28 | No all he 's given me each day is paper money plus about one fifty . |
| 29 | Very occasionally he 's given me tinned stuff and pretty naff it is , too : bland and soft , like something you 'd give a kitten . |
| 30 | Ah well he says , and he said he 's given me this list . |