Example sentences of "i gave [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I gave them the warmest spot in the garden , against my only south-facing wall . |
| 2 | I gave her the bare outline of your problem , Leonora — it was necessary to explain why I wanted an X-ray in a hurry . |
| 3 | I gave her the best books |
| 4 | I gave him the standard treatment and told him to come back immediately if he did n't get better . ’ |
| 5 | I gave him the same answer I gave you . ’ |
| 6 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 7 | I gave him the bad news without preamble . |
| 8 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 9 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 10 | ‘ Those papers I gave you the other evening — ’ |
| 11 | Is the way you go about a task exactly the same as that one I gave you the other day . |
| 12 | Of course you w of course you would Of course you would and it may be that what you will have to say is , Well look , erm I gave you the four per cent on the on the precision types and that that really has to stay , but by the time we by the time we 've done all the analysis on the er on the popular metrics , it will work out that it is is is only two per cent . |
| 13 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |
| 14 | Why do you think I why do you think I gave you the fucking job eh ? |
| 15 | ‘ I gave you the wrong impression about our relationship . |
| 16 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |