Example sentences of "[noun] you gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 2 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 3 | I remember the concert performances you gave in Berlin in December 1977 . |
| 4 | Before she could speak he said : ‘ Sorry , I 've lost the key you gave me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you for all the help you gave to us and to Bob during the last few days of his illness — I only wish we 'd been put in touch with ACET sooner . |
| 6 | ‘ But there 's something even weirder in that manuscript you gave me . |
| 7 | And about that manuscript you gave me . ’ |
| 8 | In a delightful letter one of these helpers wrote afterwards , saying ‘ … thank you all so much for the lovely welcome you gave me today … |
| 9 | ‘ Those snaps you gave me — they were not much good , very difficult to work with . |
| 10 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 11 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 12 | Fair old stick you gave those two at the next table . ’ |
| 13 | tablets you gave me |
| 14 | See these tablets you gave me ? |
| 15 | I mean I , see the tablets you gave him ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm surprised that has n't self-destructed after the damage you gave it yesterday . |
| 17 | Is this a gang you gave some shit ? |
| 18 | I 'm also returning the money you gave me . |
| 19 | I flew over copies of that photograph of Tweed you gave me , ’ Morgan reported as he drove the Daimler beyond Exeter towards Dartmoor . |
| 20 | What was in that cake you gave me ? |
| 21 | A less elevated but similar claim was made by Eudes II in a letter written to King Robert : ‘ If it is a question of the nature of the benefice you gave me , the fact is that it does not come from your domain , but from the estates which come to me with your consent by hereditary right from my ancestors . ’ |
| 22 | What a fright you gave me ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Nellie girl , what a fright you gave me ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ God woman , what a fright you gave me . |
| 25 | I still have that little book of selected poems you gave me on my twelfth birthday . |
| 26 | I NOTED with interest your report on the Darlington v Huddersfield match , particularly the primacy you gave to an alleged comment by ‘ a fanzine seller ’ who purportedly said ‘ this is the Sack Frank Gray issue ’ . |
| 27 | I know I deserved the punishment you gave me , but please , Angel , please be kind to me ! |
| 28 | I did n't go because I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him , we did n't make love on the tiger-skin rug in that little box of a room you gave him , his pear-shaped body pressed against my ageing but still voluptuous frame . ’ |
| 29 | That funny stuff you gave me you gave me ? |
| 30 | the stuff you gave . |