Example sentences of "my [noun sg] gave i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart gave me an unforgettable jolt when I thought him to be headless ; yet there was no blood staining the fresh , even snow . |
| 2 | My mum gave me got loads of them as well , I 'll eat the ones my mum gave me . |
| 3 | My mum gave me got loads of them as well , I 'll eat the ones my mum gave me . |
| 4 | ‘ My sister gave me a book by this woman Anita something , the one that won the Booker prize , ’ she heard one of them say . |
| 5 | Both the village and surrounding countryside are worth some exploration and I was lucky as my trek gave me an insight into both . |
| 6 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 7 | My Creator gave me life , and the profit of it is I know how to curse ; he gave me feeling , and the profit of it is I know how to suffer ! |
| 8 | Then my C.O. gave me a forty eight to sort out this Bella business . |
| 9 | My boss gave me a sweet and encouraging smile , balanced a mushroom on a piece of fried bread and conveyed it to his mouth . |
| 10 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 11 | My job gave me awkward hours and frequent short-notice travel both at home and abroad . |
| 12 | But my elbow gave me a bit of concern . |
| 13 | It 's the one my friend gave me when I went to stay with her . |
| 14 | As to Maurice , my godmother gave me the money to buy a bit of property when I left Southport . |
| 15 | I have split with my mistress today , my wife gave me an ultimatum — and now this . |
| 16 | My wife gave me a right old bo*****ing last night when I started shouting abuse at Keumann ( sp ? ) |
| 17 | There was a string of seed pearls my father gave me , and two rings of my mother 's and a brooch or two — but nothing worth a lot of money . ’ |
| 18 | I was able to follow up that evening , for my father gave me a lovely chrysanthemum bloom from his greenhouse and the next day I took it to her home and asked her mother , who opened the door to my rather nervous knock , if she would give it to her daughter . |
| 19 | This was all in addition to the usual lessons my father gave me on mathematics and history and so on . |
| 20 | I looked round at the picture of Bruce Lee , the travel poster of Malaysia my dad gave me , my certificate of merit for Grade Two Saxophone , my 320 computer discs , my colour picture of an iguana and the tattered remains of a portable snooker table we got when I was twelve . |
| 21 | As I sat down the man on my left gave me a brief nod . |
| 22 | My son gave me one of them years ago . |
| 23 | a huge island in the middle , and erm went all the way round , and anyway I , I made a path out of flints from , taken from all the mud , and worked my way round , and then started to plant things , and a hawthorn hedge , bushes and shrubs , and erm my son gave me a boat and I was able to go across to the island . |
| 24 | ROBBIE You used to say you could always tell what was bothering me , you said my face gave me away . |
| 25 | My brother gave me his guitar , and I inherited a violin , which I learned well . |
| 26 | But last Christmas my grandad gave me eight quid |