Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They gave me the address of a doctor . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She gave me the name of a dentist in Wimpole Street , and I wrote it down . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 11 | This description gave me the idea of a soldier slipping silently through the jungle . |
| 12 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 13 | He tore out the early pages and gave me the rest of it and we use it now for our visitors ' signatures . ‘ |
| 14 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 15 | She gave me the wreath of myrtle , the saffron and cinnamon , the bread , the butter , and the rest of it . |
| 16 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 17 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 18 | He gave me the keys of the tower . |
| 19 | ‘ You gave me the fright of my life there . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | When he and his brothers left this world , I could not go with him , but he gave me the gift of never growing old . |
| 22 | When I was eighteen she gave me the job of housekeeper in the big cottage she kept at Streatlam to entertain her friends coming to swim in the pool and play tennis . |
| 23 | She gave me the names of all her friends and said how proud she was of the life her father had given her . |
| 24 | I smiled at him , and he gave me the trace of a wary smile back . |
| 25 | From this Time to that of her Death , few Days pass 'd in which I did not either see or hear from her ; for she gave me the Pleasure of seeing all her Poems as soon as they were finish 'd |
| 26 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 27 | If I had still thought you as slap-happy as I originally assumed — and bluntly , my child , you gave me the impression of being incapable of specialling a cold in the head — if the Night Super . |
| 28 | It gave me the impression of having worked for something and , once defeated , I could take my comfort in the cool blandness of the back room . |
| 29 | A house-sit on the island for the MacLachlans at Camus Lusta in the Waternish area , where The Book was first found , gave me the luxury of motorised instead of pedestrian pursuance of Mr Reid Esq , save one memorable walk and a few hill scrambles . |
| 30 | I gave them the meat of the dead animal , and they gave us more food and water . |