Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] i [det] [adj] " 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 It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon .
3 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 . ’
4 But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories .
5 ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract .
6 Harvey Pitcher , doing research on nineteenth century Arran writers and painters and especially on the wealthy Muir family who rented houses for many years on Arran , has given me this delightful little gem .
7 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 .
8 ‘ It has taken me all this time to get to the position where I can call people up on the phone go out to dinner or to the cinema .
9 ‘ I still have a smooth face , a body without apparent faults … but no one wants to undress me any more , ’ she laments .
10 And I learn quite a lot myself but it does give me that little bit of a challenge that er I think is helpful in retirement .
11 but she 's given me some deep cream , she says these spasms she
12 I 'm very fond of Mel , although he 's given me some hard times .
13 Yeah you 'll be getting most of those right and you wo n't have to learn sit up all night saying , Oh he 's given me another thirty five I E words to learn tonight .
14 I said I could n't stand the orangeady carpet any more and he 's bought me some Indian and Turkish rugs .
15 ‘ And to think she 's fooled me all these years . ’
16 I 've eventually got there — but it 's taken me all these years , ’ she says .
17 and I forgot to leave a note for him today and he 's left me another twenty eight pound .
18 Tony 's sent me some more Commodore games to review too , so … let the slaughter begin !
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