Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] give me " in BNC.

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1 Out there is a whole world full of garbage and it gives me ulcers to throw one more shred of scum back on the heap . ’
2 Fortunately , it was easy to make a decision as Wayne Shelford was already at the club and he gave me an insight into what it was all about and what to expect . ’
3 We sometimes drank small cups of China tea and he gave me colour prints of Chinese landscapes and mountain scenery at Christmas and the Chinese New Year .
4 ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’
5 I am very grateful for the opportunity that you gave me to speak to the NFU Branch Committee on Thursday last .
6 It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings .
7 If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent .
8 At Christmas I give Otley my turkey and he gives me his Brussels sprouts .
9 Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous
10 But do n't call the law unless they give me the black spot , or if you see the seaman with one leg — he 's worse than any of them . ’
11 There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen .
12 To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us .
13 And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said .
14 I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion .
15 We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world .
16 I think that day that they gave me a lift home .
17 Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about .
18 Because we have to have another door so they giving me a third off .
19 He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start .
20 Yeah sir , I just missed out one word and you gave me two .
21 Elaine did n't register my birth before she gave me to Mum , and no one seemed to know anything about her , or where she was from .
22 I lost me prescription when he gave me , and we 've been away .
23 and er I managed to get er do forty odd years and erm now I 'm quite happy on the pension that they gave me .
24 And he said , ‘ I asked the librarian if she had something with big print so she gave me your book . ’
25 The word book in The book that he gave me is the antecedent of that .
26 That functions also as a relative pronoun : It was pointed out that the situation was improving ( conjunction ) ; The book that you gave me is very interesting ( relative pronoun ) .
27 Not the answer that you gave me before . ’
28 I give you a number and you give me some other numbers that are tied up with it in some way .
29 So I went back to the lady doctor and she gave me a cream and some tablets .
30 The delivery because it gave me what I had to think about when I was up there language body language and then the playbacks I could look at the two things that Mike just highlighted as one and two .
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