Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] give me " in BNC.

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1 A night at Fort William gave me a long awaited opportunity of making the ascent .
2 ‘ That 's my first win in the race , ’ Paul said afterwards ‘ and I must say La Greine gave me a great run . ’
3 The princess sang along with old favourites such as The Streets Of London and My Liverpool Home — plus the hospice hymn Give Me Oil For My Lamp .
4 But on my return to Salamanca Dana gave me strong support , a spiritual courage that entered our love and our poetry .
5 But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’
6 But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do .
7 In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water .
8 Mother Francis gave me that when I was ten .
9 An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward .
10 Miss Fenemore gave me shelter , too . ’
11 M. Lévy gave me a third more for the second vase than he had given Jean-Claude for the first one .
12 A kind choirman gave me a threepenny bit , so my total spending money for the day amounted to tenpence .
13 Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me .
14 ‘ So I was n't actually that interested , but Jean-Luc Ponty gave me a tape and on one side was ‘ A Trick Of The Tail ’ and on the other side was ‘ Wind And Wuthering ’ .
15 Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play .
16 A few quite days by F/L Newton gave me some circuits in the Oxford on the 25th .
17 Ossie Ardiles gave me a lot of games and said I was doing well , but he never offered me a contract .
18 We was talking about the love bite Pete gave me and everything !
19 Everyone and everything about the Medau Society gives me a special and warm feeling .
20 If only Clive Rice had not been dropped by South Africa , maybe I could have persuaded the England selectors to give me a chance …
21 The plot Geoff gave me , roughly 40ft by 20ft , was to be transformed into a garden within a single run of the Gardeners ' World programmes !
22 ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’
23 ‘ Here you are , luv , ’ said Aunt Bedelia giving me a mug of cocoa and some bread and mousetrap cheese .
24 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 .
25 Sister Marcus gave me a rather warmer welcome .
26 It 's a pad Uncle Jim gave me
27 Ernest Thesiger gave me that silly corkscrew and I do n't know how to use it .
28 Uncle Fergus gave me a gun , I remember .
29 So that 's what I do — I bring all my plants and the flowers Mr Frost gave me a couple of days ago .
30 Fred Workman gave me a free hand , bless him , and through my Radio Column , feature stories and editorials we blasted the CRBC , the federal Members of Parliament as well as the M.L.A. 's , and also included the local Mayor and Councillors for not taking preventative action to preserve our pioneering radio station long before .
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