Example sentences of "gave [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story : the thirty-five-foot mountain he 'd ridden on 5 January 1985 . |
| 32 | ‘ No one ever gave me the slightest inkling that they thought any different than me at the recording sessions and things like that . |
| 33 | At the time she gave me the impression that she was enjoying the joke . |
| 34 | ‘ You gave me the tangerines . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I said nothing from myself , but I prayed , and then said whatever God gave me the confidence to say … when the need arose , God opened even the ass 's mouth ’ . |
| 36 | I might have returned to match fishing , which never gave me the same enjoyment , even when I won , that a big fish always does , and , I hope , always will . |
| 37 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |
| 38 | It was Li Chao who first suggested I should have a Chinese name and I was both grateful and honoured when in the course of time he gave me the three-character name of Tdong Lao Fu which meant , literally , ‘ Portrait of Happy Man Climbing Mountain ’ . |
| 39 | He gave me the thumbs up sign , half a wink and I marched head high to the door . |
| 40 | I met a man in the glen who seemed to know every spot , and gave me the Gaelic names of all the corries . |
| 41 | A house-sit on the island for the MacLachlans at Camus Lusta in the Waternish area , where The Book was first found , gave me the luxury of motorised instead of pedestrian pursuance of Mr Reid Esq , save one memorable walk and a few hill scrambles . |
| 42 | He signalled me from Pitt Street and I met him and he gave me the peg [ the notebook entry you both make ] . |
| 43 | The Post Office Records section at St Martin's-le-Grand has ample files on the Electrophone , and Roy Jones , the official in charge there , gave me the gratifying impression that his one pleasure in life was to make them available to me — in comfort , in a reading room next to his office . |
| 44 | AN HOUR to spare on a recent visit to London gave me the opportunity to visit the famous Science Museum 's well-advertised new gallery ‘ Physics and Nuclear Power ’ . |
| 45 | Later , Lynn Davies , who was the team manager , gave me the medal . |
| 46 | Dennis gave me the vague smile of complicity that men exchange in lavatorial situations . |
| 47 | But they always gave me the choice first and put me in a dilemma , though I did n't know the meaning of the word then . |
| 48 | ‘ They gave me the address of a doctor . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Disney executives flew me out there and gave me the kind of treatment I 'd always dreamed about when I was an actress … bouquets , champagne , limousines , ’ says Lynda . |
| 50 | Terry eagerly gave me the whole picture ; he seemed to know enough about Pyke to write his biography . |
| 51 | Imagine our laughter and hilarity when the same dear friend began our next meeting by saying he wanted to share something before we began , and went on : ‘ This morning , as I was praying , the Lord gave me the gift of tongues . ’ |
| 52 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 53 | Lorna Wood , a promotion activist working for the industry , gave me the full shock-horror story : ‘ People knew raisins were good for them . |
| 54 | That gave me the same charge as I remembered when I was a little kid and could memorise every record I had , who the publishing company was , how long the song was and what label it was on . |
| 55 | This gave me the opportunity of using homoeopathy in a general practice setting , while at the same time dealing with more chronic cases at the hospital where we had a consultant gynaecologist , an ENT surgeon and a consultant general surgeon , each operating once a week . |
| 56 | They gave me the vitally important gift of being able to ‘ feel ’ an audience , a precious sixth sense that can not be taught . |
| 57 | I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge . |
| 58 | It was the Wester Hailes housing scheme in Edinburgh Pentlands that first gave me the notion that something was up . |
| 59 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Steve gave me the opportunity to make a big play early and I did it . ’ |