Example sentences of "had give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tried working through the Alekhine Paz had given me , but even chess filled me with disgust . |
| 2 | I passed over the cheque my landlord had given me . |
| 3 | Suddenly it struck me just how much protection my past had given me , particularly the university lecturer bit of it . |
| 4 | It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in . |
| 5 | I was still chewing on the chunk of meat Taff had given me . |
| 6 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 7 | In Salamanca , as a parting present , Dana had given me two of his most beloved treasures , two books of Chinese prints and ink drawings . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Ronnie 's news , I found , had given me a good deal more confidence in Fringe than I had had on Drifter , illogical though it might be . |
| 10 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 11 | That night I spent the ten dollars Papa had given me . |
| 12 | I got my deserts , however , when being shown the sights of Paris by a distinguished professor and holder of the Légion d'Honneur , to whom my cousin had given me an introduction . |
| 13 | The newcomer listened in his turn to the description Mrs Zamzam had given me of the events that led her to run away from Um Al-Farajh , occasionally nodding agreement or interrupting to correct her account . |
| 14 | Also , he had given me his number in Rio . |
| 15 | Since I did love my father and regretted that our busy lives had separated us , the chance to look after him , to give back some of the love he had given me , was in many ways terrifically satisfying . |
| 16 | As we approached the loch , in order to impress Blair with my vast knowledge , I repeated Stan 's tale about Pennel Point , being careful not to mention who had given me such valuable information . |
| 17 | On the day the telegram arrived from Southern Ferries , a close friend who had given me much encouragement now began to question my continuing any further . |
| 18 | The researchers had given me an electric thermometer , a stalk of red plastic , to put in my mouth . |
| 19 | In return , I gave him one of twelve tiny mouth-organs that Hohner had given me . |
| 20 | Half an hour later , I was in a forest eating the bread they had given me . |
| 21 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 22 | Skye , again , had given me a unique link with JTR . |
| 23 | Mother had given me a room in her cottage , but was very nervous about having a baby in the house after so many years . |
| 24 | The pain did , in fact , return the next day , but this experience had given me hope so I persevered with the lessons and now I am free of the pain for at least 95 per cent of the time . |
| 25 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 26 | While he was out of sight of the gate I walked up the drive , opened the front door with the key Karen had given me , and ran upstairs . |
| 27 | Yet strangely my time at Bristol had given me some relevant training . |
| 28 | When I first set up home on my own I had so many bits of ill-assorted furniture that various friends and relatives had given me , that it was difficult to ever imagine having a beautiful home . |
| 29 | Now the name was not a famous one , the cloth merchant having lived his life in the comparative obscurity common to most of us , and my patient had never before visited that part of the country — and yet the details he unearthed coincided perfectly with the facts he had given me during his regression . |
| 30 | ‘ But once Northants had given me a chance , I did think I had the talent . |