Example sentences of "[vb pp] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 2 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 4 | The governess here , Miss Lambert , has kindly taught me a little . |
| 5 | Four years with a handicapped child have taught me a lot of things , but three in particular : |
| 6 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 7 | Listening to those criticisms has taught me a salutary and humbling lesson . |
| 8 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 9 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 10 | ‘ Women have taught me a tremendous amount about emotions . |
| 11 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 12 | The sum of the erm I do I do n't , I know , my dad 's taught me a different one to Miss , she she taught me that erm i the , oh hang on ! |
| 13 | But you 've taught me the difference between art and life . |
| 14 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
| 15 | And they 've assigned me a prolific blighter ( 'lific blighter ) — |
| 16 | You 've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier , obsessed with money , wealth , and luxury . |
| 17 | I was quite prepared to do this journey alone , but my mother , who had given me every encouragement although well aware of the risks I was running , insisted I should take a companion . |
| 18 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 19 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 20 | It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in . |
| 21 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 22 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 23 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 24 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 25 | You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’ |
| 26 | Ronnie 's news , I found , had given me a good deal more confidence in Fringe than I had had on Drifter , illogical though it might be . |
| 27 | Both have given me a remarkable insight into the events they portray . |
| 28 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 29 | That experience , which has brought me to the province so often , has given me a very deep sense of admiration for the resilience and warmth of the people . ’ |
| 30 | It 's been an odd kind of fulfilment ; and it has quite knocked on the head all the priggish ideas I may have had , and given me a sense of values . |