Example sentences of "give i [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has given me so much happiness . |
| 2 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 3 | My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence . |
| 4 | ‘ At the time , you remember , you 'd given me very little information to go on . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not concerned about Moore because he did not give me too many problems . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
| 7 | I bet your mum pays it , give me back that fiver . |
| 8 | ‘ Give me back those glasses . ’ |
| 9 | it 'll benefit all of us if you give me as much assistance as you possibly can . |
| 10 | Give me that much hope , Topaz . " |
| 11 | I hope you 're not going to give me as much trouble as Puck gave to the lovers in the play , ’ Lucenzo murmured , a sliver of steel-tipped menace in his tone . |
| 12 | I am just lucky that my fish have survived and have flourished to give me so much pleasure . |
| 13 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you for giving me so much help . ’ |
| 15 | They are giving me so much discomfort now , I can hardly listen to these gentlemen . ’ |
| 16 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 17 | Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number . |
| 18 | That bicycle gave me so much joy for many years . |
| 19 | It gave me so much joy … ’ |
| 20 | And yes , that fireplace gave me as much pleasure always as I had imagined it would on first sight . |
| 21 | ‘ I wish my dreams gave me as much pleasure . ’ |
| 22 | And that gave me how many flies were gon na be eaten . |
| 23 | Poring over a world atlas or 1:50,000 sheet gives me as much pleasure as actually visiting the places I dream about . |
| 24 | The fact that I was not alive when the munich thing happened — and that it happened so long ago — gives me far less problems with it than say heysel songs , hillsboro songs , and even racist ( black ) songs . |
| 25 | ‘ A part of myself … which gives me so much pain ’ |
| 26 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |