Example sentences of "my [noun] [verb] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 2 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |
| 3 | As a half-eaten plate of delicious boeuf en croûte was lifted away from her , Katherine heard her mother say , ‘ And do you know , one day when Katherine was tiny , she stole the engagement ring my husband had given me . ’ |
| 4 | As a mere wife , I live on what my husband chooses to give me … ’ |
| 5 | I passed over the cheque my landlord had given me . |
| 6 | My wife telephoned to give me the news which had been heard by our daughter listening to the radio . |
| 7 | One of the girls my colleague interviewed gave us some information . |
| 8 | ‘ My father 's given me tons of work , but I 'm in front of target , ’ he replied , and sounded a little more cheerful . |
| 9 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 10 | ‘ For your information , I 've still got most of my own teeth and only have to use a walking frame when it 's damp and my arthritis starts giving me gyp . |
| 11 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for 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 | In 1934 when my grandfather died , my grandmother had given her his silver-handled walking stick , and just fifty years later , in 1984 , she gave it to me . |
| 14 | Suddenly it struck me just how much protection my past had given me , particularly the university lecturer bit of it . |
| 15 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 16 | ‘ I know , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I am sorry to bother you at this time of night but my client has given me to understand that this is when you would be available . |
| 17 | However — although these contortions saved me from the worse excesses of daily racism , my face kept giving me away . |
| 18 | Only later did I appreciate what sacrifices my mother made to give it to us , and how lonely she must often have been when we were all away at school ; after our father 's death she became almost possessively devoted to us . |
| 19 | A twenty-year-old Sunderland woman living in a council house on her own with two children , told me , " My boyfriend kept giving me a hiding . |