Example sentences of "you gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 2 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 3 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 4 | Sometimes you 're a week away from the last performance you gave and then find yourself out there — so that the voice and understanding of the part does need constant refreshing . |
| 5 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 6 | I hear you gave her hand with the clearing up last night . ’ |
| 7 | Mark smiled and said ‘ She would eat anything you gave her , I 've never known an animal like it in my life . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You gave us all a start , ’ Rose said happily . |
| 9 | In a level voice he said , ‘ You gave me to understand that as far as you know there was no woman at the time but your mother . |
| 10 | You were right , Bodo , saying to leave the matter alone — although you gave me a turn when you were so … so abrupt with the Sergeant . ’ |
| 11 | I am sure that you will give him the same affirmation and support you gave to me when I arrived . |
| 12 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 13 | Mr Koc said : ‘ If you gave me the whole of Istanbul I would not do anything like that . |
| 14 | ‘ I see you gave your mother 's name as next of kin , ’ the doctor went on unperturbed . |
| 15 | Fair old stick you gave those two at the next table . ’ |
| 16 | Sorry to hear you gave your husband the wrong leg though . |
| 17 | I could n't get Nutty to wear that flowered frock you gave him , he 's dead ignorant and I wish you 'd send the lads to sort him out again . |
| 18 | I remember the concert performances you gave in Berlin in December 1977 . |
| 19 | There was nothing personal about it ; you gave a very smooth performance . |
| 20 | For when I was hungry , you gave me food ; when thirsty , you gave me drink ; when I was a stranger you took me into your home , when naked you clothed me ; when I was ill you came to my help , when in prison you visited me . ’ |
| 21 | For when I was hungry , you gave me food ; when thirsty , you gave me drink ; when I was a stranger you took me into your home , when naked you clothed me ; when I was ill you came to my help , when in prison you visited me . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You gave me a helluva fright , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ Are you sure you gave me a map ? ’ |
| 26 | I seem to vaguely remember you gave me some directions last time . |
| 27 | ‘ Among the few books I took with me into the Desert was The Oxford Book of Modern Verse which you gave me . |
| 28 | ‘ You gave me the fright of my life there . |
| 29 | ‘ If you gave me one square inch of surface , ’ he said , ‘ I could store all the data on all the computer discs produced by IBM last year . |
| 30 | Thanks for the quote you gave me yesterday . |