Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Film and Filming magazine said the film had given everyone an insight into the thinking of Corman and Nicholson . |
| 2 | It 's given me an incredible new perspective on what life is , and what it 's worth . |
| 3 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 4 | Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like . |
| 5 | I got my deserts , however , when being shown the sights of Paris by a distinguished professor and holder of the Légion d'Honneur , to whom my cousin had given me an introduction . |
| 6 | The researchers had given me an electric thermometer , a stalk of red plastic , to put in my mouth . |
| 7 | It has given me an insight into the way that I behave and that the way that I think definitely affects my actions . |
| 8 | The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue , |
| 9 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've given me an idea , Lee . |
| 11 | The last thing I would want to do is be unkind to people who have given me an extremely successful show . |
| 12 | Years of the language battle seemed to have given me an inner eye . |
| 13 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 14 | He 's given me an expensive Swiss watch . |
| 15 | ‘ On the contrary , sir , it 's given me an appetite . ’ |
| 16 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |
| 17 | He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris . |
| 18 | ‘ But you have n't given me an answer . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar . |
| 20 | ‘ Dear God , woman , you 've given me an idea there . |
| 21 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've given me an idea . |
| 23 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 24 | They 've all been joining in singing a Christmas carol but you have given me an idea for your present but you 'll have to hurry though - it 's Christmas Eve . |
| 25 | ‘ England 's batting , fielding and — apart from Emburey and Edmonds — their bowling proclaimed the lack of practice and resolve on a slow pitch which , had they been in the right frame of mind , would have given them an even chance of levelling the series , ’ asserted Wisden . |
| 26 | Hull fell apart after Gay and Nolan had given them an early 10–0 lead . |
| 27 | Where the two offices were united in one structure , Angell and Pownall seem to have given them an equal place on the Foreign Office and War Department lists , no doubt thinking that the implementation of the project would be considerably easier if the same architect were carrying out both offices . |
| 28 | To make Christmas a truly memorable occasion for you and your guests , I 've taken some of the traditional dishes and given them an exciting twist . |
| 29 | When his questioner suggested that the contemplative life was a specious kind of idleness , Nicholas replied that they had ‘ found divers perplexities , distractions and almost utter ruin in other callings , but that God hath given them an incredible improvement of their livelihood since their sequestration ’ . |
| 30 | If the stranger had not been there , he would have given them an account of what had happened . |