Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 2 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 3 | Before she could speak he said : ‘ Sorry , I 've lost the key you gave me . ’ |
| 4 | She looked so like my daughter did at her age , and the pleasure she gave me compensated for the lack of time I had with her mother when she was a child . |
| 5 | Look , here is the drawing he gave me : see how fine it is , how accurate , how personal … |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever pleasure it gives you can not match the pleasure it gave me to buy this trinket for you . ’ |
| 7 | I told him how much pleasure it gave me to think of him in charge of the school next year . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose a young man like you would n't understand what pleasure it gives me to remove tight shoes ? ’ |
| 9 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |
| 10 | Reading Unamuno , I found this passage which gave me comfort among all the mockery : ‘ The greatest height of heroism to which an individual , like a people , can attain is to know how to face ridicule . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But there 's something even weirder in that manuscript you gave me . |
| 12 | And about that manuscript you gave me . ’ |
| 13 | In a delightful letter one of these helpers wrote afterwards , saying ‘ … thank you all so much for the lovely welcome you gave me today … |
| 14 | The judge who gave me bail had said that if I got into trouble that was it , I would n't get bail again , so obviously I thought , ‘ If I 'm going to go back , I 'll go for something worth going for . ’ |
| 15 | I am also grateful to the following for all the help they gave me : Derek Adlam , Martha Novak Clinkscale , Stephanie Cudmore , Alan Curtis , Donatella De Giampetro , Alfons Huber , William Jurgenson , Sabine Matzenauer , Grant O'Brien , Enrico Paganuzzi , Paul Poletti and Stewart Pollens . |
| 16 | No I think what it was was a load of bullshit they give me . |
| 17 | The menu plan they gave me was all doughnuts , porridge with cream , big steaks , milky drinks and huge puddings . |
| 18 | I can not describe the solace it gave me . |
| 19 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 20 | In that case you give me your form , keep hold of it |
| 21 | It passed ‘ into great peace with the help of Father Horner an old and saintly monk who gave me absolution and good counsel ’ . |
| 22 | The look she gave me changed from fear to disgust . |
| 23 | I 'm also returning the money you gave me . |
| 24 | I flew over copies of that photograph of Tweed you gave me , ’ Morgan reported as he drove the Daimler beyond Exeter towards Dartmoor . |
| 25 | I was relieved to see her and encouraged by the confidence she gave me . |
| 26 | What was in that cake you gave me ? |
| 27 | If I 'd have thought about it , that wedding cake she give me |
| 28 | A less elevated but similar claim was made by Eudes II in a letter written to King Robert : ‘ If it is a question of the nature of the benefice you gave me , the fact is that it does not come from your domain , but from the estates which come to me with your consent by hereditary right from my ancestors . ’ |
| 29 | What a fright you gave me ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Nellie girl , what a fright you gave me ! ’ |