Example sentences of "have given me this " in BNC.

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1 He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue .
2 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 .
3 ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract .
4 Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins .
5 The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival .
6 In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table .
7 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 .
8 That 's why , ’ said Mahmoud , tapping the bundle of papers , ‘ they 've given me this .
9 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 .
10 Ah well he says , and he said he 's given me this list .
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