Example sentences of "give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martyn referred to Miller 's use of works by those better versed in scientific aspects of gardening , to whom due acknowledgment is given , and concluded with an appreciation of the author 's own industry : ‘ As to the practical part , he has given t is hardly anything but from his own knowledge and of the great number of plants mentioned in his book there are scarce any which he has not cultivated with his own hands . ’ |
| 2 | Winning the John Moores would have given me just the confidence I needed . |
| 3 | Tried working through the Alekhine Paz had given me , but even chess filled me with disgust . |
| 4 | Anyway , Jeff had now given me something new — something really important to me . |
| 5 | I passed over the cheque my landlord had given me . |
| 6 | Suddenly it struck me just how much protection my past had given me , particularly the university lecturer bit of it . |
| 7 | Just us , fair and dark , peas in a pod , little and large ( well , I exaggerate here , she 's smaller , more slender ; but then Jeff , he 's given me new trust in my ass ) . |
| 8 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 9 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 10 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 11 | For that very denial had , in fact , given me far more . |
| 12 | It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in . |
| 13 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 14 | He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet . |
| 15 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |
| 16 | This Church has also given me new faith . |
| 17 | But this new research has given me just the ammunition I need . |
| 18 | I was still chewing on the chunk of meat Taff had given me . |
| 19 | With a long journey ahead of me every morning and evening , I do n't hang about , and this is the first petrol-engined car I 've used that has given me over 45mpg on a run . |
| 20 | Could the product itself have given me dandruff ? |
| 21 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll discuss tackling that lot later , once the platoon commanders have given me their expected manpower availability for the next week … . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures . |
| 24 | This — ’ he waved his hand — ‘ this has given me true inspiration . |
| 25 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 26 | It 's given me plenty of ideas for when I next go shopping in London , New York , Los Angeles , Bangkok , wherever . |
| 27 | The fact that the hordes of reporters who live in the burrows of the Palace of Westminster got it wrong — and have since tried to justify getting it wrong — has given me , and many of my friends who knew the score pretty accurately before the result , much quiet pleasure over the last few days . |
| 28 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 29 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 30 | It 's given me an incredible new perspective on what life is , and what it 's worth . |