Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Four different priests gave me conditional absolution before they got me out . |
| 2 | I have n't thought of Victoria , whose sexual peccadilloes gave me such pain , for days . |
| 3 | ‘ All three judges gave me the decision and having watched the video , I reckon I lost only two rounds — the fourth and the tenth . ’ |
| 4 | These courses gave me enough enthusiasm for the sport to want to join a club . |
| 5 | ‘ All hens give me asthma , ’ said Mrs Totteridge with finality . |
| 6 | The thought that it had been inside his mouth , touching his tongue and gums and those rather small but perfect teeth , that it had been drenched in some of his most intimate fluids gave me an erotic thrill . |
| 7 | Nine jobs in sixteen years gave me an average of almost two years in each job . |
| 8 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I just knew it was sight at first love . |
| 9 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity , and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I knew it was sight at first love . |
| 10 | Milky Way and Oculist Witnesses give me most satisfaction , he wrote . |
| 11 | Watching her struggle to overcome so many struggles gave me ambition . ’ |
| 12 | Pushing my bike up those long hills and dry valleys gave me an intimate understanding of the nature of the chalk landscape . |
| 13 | In reply , the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces gave me certain assurances . |
| 14 | ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony . |
| 15 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 16 | On a personal note there are two things give me encouragement . |
| 17 | I really do n't deserve the loyalty that these two men gave me . |
| 18 | ‘ Those two scores gave me greater pleasure than my hundreds against Glamorgan and Lancashire . |
| 19 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |