Example sentences of "who gave me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't the nuns , Harriet , who gave me my guilt , my conscience ( do you have a conscience , Harriet ? ) . |
| 2 | It passed ‘ into great peace with the help of Father Horner an old and saintly monk who gave me absolution and good counsel ’ . |
| 3 | It was the prostitutes in Douai and Lille and Paris who gave me my first induction into their ways and wiles . |
| 4 | Then I met an Arab who gave me 200 francs and my ambition was never to come back to England again . |
| 5 | He stomped away , his place almost immediately taken by his brother , who gave me a malicious imitation of a smile and said , ‘ Nolan does n't expletive like you , dear heart . ’ |
| 6 | I bought a little farm near Oakville some years ago at four thousand an acre … sold it two years ago at fifteen thousand an acre … was n't that lucky ! … after all the hard-up years I lived through … almost starving at times … it was Mr Workman who gave me your address for this letter … poor old Fred … he 's getting old like the rest of us … |
| 7 | I went to my doctor who gave me some pain-killers and told me to rest . |
| 8 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 9 | ‘ I climbed out of Blackpool and changed to Warton , who gave me transponder code and climb clearance to 3,000 feet — just below the cloudbase . |
| 10 | BEST BLACK CAB DRIVER : Number E12000 , who gave me a free lift for Christmas after the bomb blast at Hampstead this week . |
| 11 | 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 ! ’ |
| 12 | It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key . |
| 13 | ‘ I rang Yvonne Harper-Wake , who gave me a lot of advice on my diet which was really helpful . |
| 14 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 15 | Near me , in a white open-necked shirt with short sleeves was a stocky , rather wooden-looking man , who gave me a rather uncomfortable feeling of only being at the party because he had to be . |
| 16 | ‘ Remember , Alec , the doctor in London who gave me the job did say Koraloona was a living laboratory for the treatment of polio . |
| 17 | I said my farewells to Salome and her sisters and shook hands with Erich , who gave me a sheaf of letters to airmail when I got back to Hong Kong . |
| 18 | The lesson was , of course , that I must never , ever cry for myself for I was a lucky little girl ; my tears should be for all the strong , brave women who gave me life . |
| 19 | who gave me a bath . |
| 20 | You , Lily , who gave me such a happy summer with your delightful companionship ! |
| 21 | My social worker who gave me advice asked if I wanted adoption or fostering , and I said fostering ( it was a white family ) . |
| 22 | The doctor who gave me the medication asked me , ‘ Why did you do it ? ’ and I could n't answer because I did n't know . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't recall who gave me the information . |
| 25 | The Hon. Gentleman should perhaps speak to some of his own colleagues who gave me that advice . |
| 26 | I was interviewed by the Sudan Agent in London who gave me lunch at his club , and told me I would be called before a selection board when I came down from Oxford . |
| 27 | Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number . |
| 28 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 29 | And who gave me that Right ? ’ |
| 30 | It was Virginia who gave me the clue . |