Example sentences of "gave [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 2 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 3 | In possessing her , he is both taken out of , and placed in possession of , himself : ‘ She gave me the idea of my manliness I had grown to need . ’ |
| 4 | So they asked me to go away and come back again in a week which gave me breathing space and time at least to learn it properly . |
| 5 | It gave me a temporary Equity card — mind you they took it away again as soon as I had done the four weeks work . |
| 6 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 7 | Gave me first edition of Alekhine 's Best Games picked up in Delhi . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She gave me a slap and I gave her one back . |
| 10 | She gave me a half-smile . |
| 11 | A startled passer-by gave me as wide a berth as possible . |
| 12 | Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview . |
| 13 | She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit . |
| 14 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 15 | The tea tasted horrible but at least it gave me the chance to have a little think . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , this is the real world , ’ I said out loud — too loud actually ; someone gave me a funny look . |
| 17 | She gave me the tip she 'd put aside for the waitress and then raided her purse again to replace it . |
| 18 | As promised , one of the project workers gave me an early shake and I had time enough for a coffee before I needed to set off to meet Jenny . |
| 19 | Meeting Jenny the following day at least gave me something else to hang on to , but I still had n't the faintest idea how everyone was going to react . |
| 20 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 21 | At the risk of sounding smug , my ornamental kitchen garden gave me no such problems . |
| 22 | My own ‘ anthropological history ’ in this liminoid phase became extended over eight years , until 1974 , and not only gave me time to reflect on many of the controls we were required to impose , but also to consider the nature of the social harm these unworldly folk devils and ‘ drug fiends ’ were actually causing ; for established society has never really known how to handle the unworldly easily . |
| 23 | It stood to reason that it must be someone 's job ; anything that Mellowes gave me was bound to be . |
| 24 | It was n't the nuns , Harriet , who gave me my guilt , my conscience ( do you have a conscience , Harriet ? ) . |
| 25 | She was polite , she gave me a small box of chocolates with a thank-you card and kissed me and shook my hand when she came for a meal on Sunday . |
| 26 | The advent of the Arbortech Carving Competition at the 1990 Woodworker Show gave me the idea of putting the tool to some good use . |
| 27 | This description gave me the idea of a soldier slipping silently through the jungle . |
| 28 | The church warden gave me sizes but did not ask for reproduction pieces and anyway , he only had a poor and partial photograph . |
| 29 | The cleaning lady gave me comfort . |
| 30 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |