Example sentences of "they gave me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what it was about Holland , whether it was the food , the water or all the chocolates they gave me , but I grew , how I grew . |
| 2 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 3 | They gave me food with stones and yak dung , but it was still not enough and they put it in a urine container . |
| 4 | They gave me water in a small , broken cup . |
| 5 | The tour in Japan was over and David left — he sailed for Vladivostok — and finally , just to get rid of me as usual ( if you keep making enough noise they 'll get rid of you for a little peace and quiet ) they gave me a visa . |
| 6 | They gave me a bad time — they 'd all been in since they were seventeen and they were hard men . |
| 7 | They gave me all them extra ones for Baby 's nappies what I never used . ’ |
| 8 | ( ’ They gave me that 'cos I 'm an elderly man . ’ ) |
| 9 | I bought just one pair and , sure enough , they gave me nothing but trouble . |
| 10 | They gave me a feeling of my own finiteness , and put me in the mood for my evening Bible reading . |
| 11 | I glowed when they gave me their expert c , pinion that I was in most respects ‘ a normal young man ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ They gave me the address of a doctor . ’ |
| 13 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They gave me a part-time job , so they must have liked me ! ’ she says . |
| 15 | So when I got back to Boston I thought , ‘ God , there must be a way to do this live , ’ so I called up Lexicon and said , ‘ I 'm this guitar player … ’ and they gave me one ! |
| 16 | I 'd play for them or write out any song they wanted to learn as long as they gave me ten or fifteen minutes worth of scales and exercises first . ’ |
| 17 | When I came round they gave me a large tot of whisky , another injection of morphia and sent me off to Imtarfa , as drunk as a lord . |
| 18 | They gave me the vitally important gift of being able to ‘ feel ’ an audience , a precious sixth sense that can not be taught . |
| 19 | ‘ If they gave me more money , I suppose . |
| 20 | It was not Diana 's day to lunch so they gave me her secluded table from which to view the proceedings . |
| 21 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 22 | I gave them our greetings from Q.P. and they gave me theirs to return to you . |
| 23 | They gave me room in their carriage , but I found them very cold and strange . |
| 24 | ‘ They gave me sandwiches for the journey , but I left them on my bunk . ’ |
| 25 | The day they gave me back my hand |
| 26 | I just remember the all-pervading feeling of reassurance that they gave me throughout . |
| 27 | ‘ Then they gave me a lumbar puncture and discovered the problem . |
| 28 | ‘ They gave me a quick sponge down and the second take worked . |
| 29 | But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury . |
| 30 | So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause . |