Example sentences of "they [verb] give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | They put in my real balance which was something like £7.50 — but they 'd given me their stamp . |
| 2 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 4 | So I went in and told them and they 'd given me wrong sack . |
| 5 | When my mum and dad discussed they decided to give me and my brother twenty five pound each and have |
| 6 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 7 | In fact the only thing they 've given me so far are heels like ungrated Parmesan cheese . |
| 8 | ‘ They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously . |
| 9 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 10 | In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table . |
| 11 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 12 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 13 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |
| 17 | They 've given me the main facts . |
| 18 | That 's why , ’ said Mahmoud , tapping the bundle of papers , ‘ they 've given me this . |
| 19 | I would , by the way , like to thank the members of , of the Investment Panel , for the help and support they 've given me , and also , in fact , to point out that erm , although s er , your your Chairman has spoken of Sir Ray severing his formal links with the Council , I have to say that we still do have one or two claws still attached to him , in that he remains on , as a very valued member of the Investment Panel , and will continue to provide his wisdom and advice , for which we are all very grateful . |
| 20 | This is the third lot of antibiotics they 've given me |
| 21 | They 've given me twenty or twenty four |
| 22 | And er the bedroom they 've given me I can see |
| 23 | And they 've given me that . |
| 24 | I do n't think they will though , because they 've given me that already |
| 25 | Now she came away thinking I 've got this secondhand car and they 've given me a warranty . |
| 26 | Oh they 've gave me three ! |
| 27 | They 've give me that . |
| 28 | I was drug-free , like , so they had to give me them back . |
| 29 | It has a weird effect , so bad one day that they had to give me valium to take off my bandages because I could n't handle it any more . |
| 30 | They had to give me a brandy , I were in a right state me ! |