Example sentences of "give me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winning the John Moores would have given me just the confidence I needed . |
| 2 | Tried working through the Alekhine Paz had given me , but even chess filled me with disgust . |
| 3 | Anyway , Jeff had now given me something new — something really important to me . |
| 4 | I passed over the cheque my landlord had given me . |
| 5 | Suddenly it struck me just how much protection my past had given me , particularly the university lecturer bit of it . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 9 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 10 | For that very denial had , in fact , given me far more . |
| 11 | It had given me a world of wonder and time to draw it all in . |
| 12 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 13 | He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet . |
| 14 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |
| 15 | This Church has also given me new faith . |
| 16 | But this new research has given me just the ammunition I need . |
| 17 | I was still chewing on the chunk of meat Taff had given me . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Could the product itself have given me dandruff ? |
| 20 | Stamford have given me a list of local McCloys and there again not a sniff as far as they know . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll discuss tackling that lot later , once the platoon commanders have given me their expected manpower availability for the next week … . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures . |
| 23 | This — ’ he waved his hand — ‘ this has given me true inspiration . |
| 24 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 25 | It 's given me plenty of ideas for when I next go shopping in London , New York , Los Angeles , Bangkok , wherever . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 28 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 29 | It 's given me an incredible new perspective on what life is , and what it 's worth . |
| 30 | ‘ And all the incredible holes he puts in me , all the fear he creates in me , has given me such an awesome respect for life . |