Example sentences of "have given me [adj] " 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 | I think this knee has given me early retirement . |
| 4 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | This has given me extra motivation for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 8 | This — ’ he waved his hand — ‘ this has given me true inspiration . |
| 9 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 12 | So I went in and told them and they 'd given me wrong sack . |
| 13 | One who had given me invaluable help in tracking down German sources and participants was a sixty-year-old cultural attaché at the German Embassy by the name of Herbert Sulzbach . |
| 14 | The doctors had given me strict orders to keep warm while I was recuperating and there was no heating at all in the house , ’ said Mrs Easby . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet . |
| 17 | All the swims that have given me good dace fishing seemed to have shared similar features , the main one being their tendency to become shallower towards the tail . |
| 18 | However I must sink my prejudices and draw attention to those places that have given me special pleasure . |
| 19 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |
| 20 | Dr Cassidy put forward fairly Burmin 's assertions that gold mining on Croagh Patrick would in no way interfere with the pilgrimage : ‘ I say in all fairness that should planning permission for mining ever be granted Burmin have given me repeated assurances that there will be no interference with the Pilgrim Path , there would be no interference with Patrick 's Peak or that particular part of the mountain range . ’ |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | Very occasionally he 's given me tinned stuff and pretty naff it is , too : bland and soft , like something you 'd give a kitten . |