Example sentences of "that [pron] gave me " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ She is n't important , never was important — except that she gave me a chance to get close to you again . ’ |
| 2 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 3 | Just not going away , even the tablets that you gave me , they was n't even taking it away , it , away like . |
| 4 | Not the answer that you gave me before . ’ |
| 5 | That functions also as a relative pronoun : It was pointed out that the situation was improving ( conjunction ) ; The book that you gave me is very interesting ( relative pronoun ) . |
| 6 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 7 | I suppose I should be flattered that you gave me an ‘ A ’ — though I 'd be better pleased if you thought enough of me to send my flowers in person , instead of by remote control . |
| 8 | I am very grateful for the opportunity that you gave me to speak to the NFU Branch Committee on Thursday last . |
| 9 | Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about . |
| 10 | I just remember the all-pervading feeling of reassurance that they gave me throughout . |
| 11 | and er I managed to get er do forty odd years and erm now I 'm quite happy on the pension that they gave me . |
| 12 | I think that day that they gave me a lift home . |
| 13 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 14 | I believe that day implanted in me a life-long craving for barbaric splendour , for savagery and colour and the throb of drums , and that it gave me a lasting veneration for long-established custom and ritual , from which would derive later a deep-seated resentment of Western innovations in other lands , and a distaste for the drab uniformity of the modern world . |
| 15 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 16 | I have been thinking about my nearly twenty years friendship with him and especially what it was that he gave me in terms of belief and understanding of the job . |
| 17 | The word book in The book that he gave me is the antecedent of that . |
| 18 | erm no what happened was that he gave me some bones that were far too big for the dogs . |
| 19 | The irony is that what gave me and other lesbians the |