Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] gave i " in BNC.

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1 It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots .
2 The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground .
3 Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar .
4 Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand .
5 She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before .
6 Although it looked completely different , it was this truck that gave me the concept for ‘ MiniMag ’ , the 27ft ( 8m ) articulated truck that we used for Mrs Thatcher 's open-air meetings in the 1987 election .
7 The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing .
8 ‘ I 'd been kicked by a horse and lost two front teeth and he took me out to lunch and gave me asparagus .
9 She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad .
10 Clive ran a hand through his hair and gave me his wide-boy grin .
11 Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge .
12 He held a special mass and gave me and another woman some money so we could go to see a doctor because we had both been so badly beaten .
13 ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket .
14 Thank you to the person who arrived unknowingly on my doorstep and gave me a really sympathetic cuddle while I cried for 10 minutes ( ? ) in relief that I had misunderstood the doctor .
15 I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge .
16 ‘ However I wanted to race in Ireland and I was frustrated when the Lisburn club came back to me a few days after I had signed up for the French meeting and gave me the full details .
17 He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted .
18 He turned his head and gave me a direct look .
19 Any news that gave me a chance to see her again was good news .
20 He read my amusement and gave me a twisted grin .
21 Thanks also to the kind young woman with two young children who helped me on the train and gave me an orange drink .
22 He woke me at two this morning and gave me his best horse and bid me not to stop till I had overtaken you on the way .
23 Man-Friday-print and gave me ‘ E ’ — a grade
24 At length these bitter fruits of sin , and a sense of dependency on his providence for the averting those dreadful consequences with which others were imminently threatened , brought me to the repentance and gave me a victory over those guilty passions by which I had been so long enslaved .
25 Any edge that gave me would not last for long , and if I was going to protect my client , if she was my client , I 'd better get on with it .
26 And they picked me up in turn and gave me a kiss .
27 It got more painful — so I went to a different doctor , who said it was an infected sebaceous cyst and gave me stronger antibiotics .
28 He glanced across the table , saw me smiling , interpreted my thought and gave me a slow ironic blink .
29 It was not Billingsley 's physical size that provoked that fear , for I was of a size with him , nor was it his profession that gave me pause , but rather the aura of incipient violence that he radiated like a blast furnace .
30 The giant nanny had unlocked the door for him but kept in the background and gave me no sign of recognition .
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