Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case you give me your form , keep hold of it |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | That funny stuff you gave me you gave me ? |
| 4 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 5 | My social worker who gave me advice asked if I wanted adoption or fostering , and I said fostering ( it was a white family ) . |
| 6 | ‘ But there 's something even weirder in that manuscript you gave me . |
| 7 | And about that manuscript you gave me . ’ |
| 8 | I told him how much pleasure it gave me to think of him in charge of the school next year . |
| 9 | They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails . |
| 10 | When I went first he took one out there and he took it out clean , but this one here , in actual fact he gave me a stitch , and when the stitch was n't in you could see the tooth protruding a bit . |
| 11 | What was in that cake you gave me ? |
| 12 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 13 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 14 | ‘ Your Grace , my father is but a merchant , and to marry me into this noble family he gave me a noble dowry , eight hundred marks . |
| 15 | And anyway , the first day she gave me right enough , she came round every morning with my breakfast and brought it into the lift for me . |
| 16 | For one thing it gives me the opportunity to write to you , and also I must have time to draw breath and come to terms with this astounding piece of good fortune that has befallen me . |
| 17 | I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride . |
| 18 | And I remember one time he gave me a list of things to do in the morning — fill this with potatoes , put the beans up on the shelves , brush the yard and then you can go out . |
| 19 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 20 | I WISH to thank the very kind gentleman who gave me money when my purse was stolen from my handbag while I was shopping at Dunn 's store , St John 's Precinct . |
| 21 | Well at any rate he gave me a ring about erm sometime about four o'clock I think . |
| 22 | As I said before I need to take one or two notes about your current financial situation and I 'd like to draw your attention to the fact that any information you give me will be treated in the strictest of confidence . |
| 23 | cos that way it gives me a bit more incentive , it gives me an idea of how it 's looking |
| 24 | That might be my luck this year that 'll be the bloody year they give me a query . |
| 25 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 26 | and er that plant you gave me , whatever it 's called , is er growing extra leaves |
| 27 | It passed ‘ into great peace with the help of Father Horner an old and saintly monk who gave me absolution and good counsel ’ . |
| 28 | In a delightful letter one of these helpers wrote afterwards , saying ‘ … thank you all so much for the lovely welcome you gave me today … |
| 29 | Last week you give me three . |
| 30 | Mr Pumblechook seemed to agree with my sister that I should be punished as much as possible , even when eating , and so for breakfast next morning he gave me a large piece of bread with very little butter , and a cup of warm water with very little milk , and insisted on checking my learning . |