Example sentences of "they have given me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I went in and told them and they 'd given me wrong sack . |
| 2 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 3 | And they 've given me that . |
| 4 | In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That 's why , ’ said Mahmoud , tapping the bundle of papers , ‘ they 've given me this . |
| 7 | They 've given me twenty or twenty four |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |