Example sentences of "gave me [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 2 | Then editor Ian Pye gave me my first assignment : ‘ Do the gig guide . |
| 3 | She gave me my first mask when I was two years old . |
| 4 | ‘ He gave me my first winner when I started training in 1987 , and today was the 100th race of his career and his 10th victory . ’ |
| 5 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 6 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 7 | This extravaganza was directed by Max Reinhart and it gave me my first experience as an impresario , for I was commissioned by the MGM office for Canada to ‘ organize the promotion ’ of the film in our area . |
| 8 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 9 | It was the prostitutes in Douai and Lille and Paris who gave me my first induction into their ways and wiles . |
| 10 | He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win . |
| 11 | ‘ It was just a bit of crack , but curiously enough it gave me my first taste of playing in public , something I had not yet done back home . ’ |
| 12 | We got ours in 1956 , and the filmed reports of the Hungarian uprising and of its refugees arriving in Britain gave me my first image of dramatic world events . |
| 13 | That school gave me my one chance of success . |
| 14 | The professors realized that I was doing very important work , and so they gave me my own laboratory . |
| 15 | Firstly to our Current Master Fellow , , who gave me my initial tuition in embalming , but more than that has acted as a mentor throughout my career , for that I am forever grateful . |
| 16 | Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin . |
| 17 | He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way . |
| 18 | ‘ Anyway , Jim putted brilliantly in all four rounds , finished equal seventh , genially accepted a cheque for about six thousand pounds and then gave me his own cheque for four hundred . |
| 19 | He also gave me his own way of planning little dialogues , and his technique of distinguishing the three tones of the language , which could alter the meaning of what looked to an English eye to be the same word , often with unexpected , humorous or even disastrous effect . |
| 20 | Mr Ward told The Independent : ‘ Mr Rowland himself telephoned me the next day , said he was appalled at what had happened to my daughter , and gave me his direct line telephone number , saying he would be there every day from 9 to 6 . |
| 21 | I did n't know daddy gave me you this film . |