Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ I suppose selling newspapers gave me the smell for print . |
| 2 | ‘ They gave me the address of a doctor . ’ |
| 3 | When I insisted on more information Wendy gave me the address of a flat in Copenhagen where they 'd stayed — the three girls , this Svend and two other boys . |
| 4 | Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election . |
| 5 | Dot said , ‘ Mrs Hollidaye gave me the money for a cab . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Tony gave me the benefit of his wisdom as we stood on the edge of a mile-wide snow field and waved goodbye to Hafpor . |
| 8 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 9 | And actually , one day , because she knew it was my favourite , she said that I could have permission to have it copied and gave me the name of the jeweller , which I thought was so sweet . |
| 10 | She gave me the name of a dentist in Wimpole Street , and I wrote it down . |
| 11 | ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | She gave me the idea for this footage . |
| 14 | This at once gave me the idea for the experimental design I wanted . |
| 15 | In possessing her , he is both taken out of , and placed in possession of , himself : ‘ She gave me the idea of my manliness I had grown to need . ’ |
| 16 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 17 | This description gave me the idea of a soldier slipping silently through the jungle . |
| 18 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 19 | He tore out the early pages and gave me the rest of it and we use it now for our visitors ' signatures . ‘ |
| 20 | ‘ All credit to Gavin gave me the ball in the end , with a little persuasion . |
| 21 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 22 | She gave me the wreath of myrtle , the saffron and cinnamon , the bread , the butter , and the rest of it . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , with all my lack of experience , the chairman of the division unhesitatingly gave me the responsibility for leading the mission , and it proved to be a turning point in my career . |
| 24 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 25 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 26 | He gave me the keys of the tower . |
| 27 | ‘ You gave me the fright of my life there . |
| 28 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | When he and his brothers left this world , I could not go with him , but he gave me the gift of never growing old . |