Example sentences of "give [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 2 | ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures . |
| 3 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
| 4 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 5 | And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’ |
| 6 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 7 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 8 | Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’ |
| 9 | The arrival of Deacon Billingsley should have given me the satisfaction that my telephone call had been treated seriously , but I sensed this policeman was not going to offer me any satisfaction at all . |
| 10 | The 34-year-old divorcee explained : ‘ Those two tragedies have given me the strength to want to help others . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’ |
| 12 | The places I 've been and people I 've met have given me the confidence to carry on . |
| 13 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 14 | She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’ |
| 15 | Since the advent of a car-ferry system connecting Denmark , Norway , Shetland , Faroe and Iceland , it has become easier for me to take a vehicle over and , because the ferry terminus in Iceland is in one of the eastern fiords called Seyðisfjördur — see data capture sheet , this has given me the opportunity of exploring the north and east coast of Iceland in greater detail . |
| 16 | Alex , who had given me the cigarettes , was Scottish and had been at Lille for three days ; he had deserted from the Military Police in Germany , and thought that French food was nowhere as good as Glaswegian . |
| 17 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 18 | There may well be some truth in that — certainly the Quakers I 've met have given me the impression of being caring and loving people . |
| 19 | Sometimes erm given me the questions and sometimes answering the questions for me , its always informing me and over the last few years I 've erm , I said that to try and understand erm , how to use this information in my own work as , as a writer , and I see , I see parallels in all forms of art , communication is of course one , erm and the need to recognise and respond the plight of others is , is another area and the area that as a writer I 'm particularly drawn too . |
| 20 | Because he 's given me the greatest gift of friendship . |
| 21 | ‘ Then they have given me the slip again . |
| 22 | I 'm supposed to think that you 've just given me the OK . ’ |
| 23 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 24 | He 's given me the key to his apartment . ’ |
| 25 | After Mr Brocklehurst had given me the book and left , I felt I had to speak . |
| 26 | I left the FO feeling bruised and battered ; they had really given me the works . |
| 27 | But I would hope , I mean it has given me the the wish to go on living in a similar kind of situation . |
| 28 | Now you 've given me the same answer for two different inputs , but that 's okay . |
| 29 | ‘ I think he 's angry that having given me the freedom to think for myself , I 've not followed him all down the line . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And you 've given me the impression you wanted to see me , too . ’ |