Example sentences of "[verb] given [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 2 | An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount . |
| 3 | A FRENCHWOMAN has given herself the ultimate facelift in an attempt to create the perfect features . |
| 4 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 5 | TELEVISION has given us the dramatised documentary Last week The Sunday Telegraph , in its report ‘ Cambridge blues as Oxford bags title ’ , gave us the dramatised book review . |
| 6 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 7 | Ithaca has given you the beautiful voyage . |
| 8 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 9 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 10 | Adorno 's recognition of the radical potential of what he called jazz ( see , for example , Adorno 1976 : 33–4 ) could have given him the theoretical space for such an approach ( it certainly means he has no logical grounds for the theoretical closure he operates , only a self-fulfilling pessimism ) ; but he fails to follow his quest into places where he could have found what he sought , and , more damagingly , he excludes the possibility of any other mode of critique than that associated with alienated individualism . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've given you the total message . ’ |
| 12 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 13 | Fortunately her upbringing had given her the social training to cope with these situations . |
| 14 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 15 | The temptation to put aside the bitterness and suspicion was great , but , after all , she was here for only one purpose , and now Luke had given her the ideal opportunity to pursue it . |
| 16 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 17 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 18 | Paris had given him the intellectual edge and the authority to do this . |
| 19 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 20 | The reason I have given it the temporary title referred to above is because I have witnessed at least two name exchanges at the station in recent months . |
| 21 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |