Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] given [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 2 | I had given them the idea that maybe they would become torturers . ’ |
| 3 | I 've given him the newspaper to read — I thought it might take his mind off things . ’ |
| 4 | I 've given you the message . |
| 5 | I hope I 've given you the motivation — and confidence — to go out and develop your own personal communication style to its full potential . |
| 6 | ‘ Still , at least you seem to appreciate I 've given you the plum job , whilst landing myself with the task of keeping an eye on Fedorov . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've given you the facts , gentlemen ; you ca n't expect me to do your embroidery for you . ’ |
| 8 | I have given them the danger peak flow value of 100 , and if it falls below this they will come to casualty . |
| 9 | I have given you the section of the room in which Mr Fishbane does not sit . |
| 10 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 11 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 12 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
| 13 | Somewhere and somehow she 'd given them the slip , shinned down the mat of Virginia creeper in the darkness and scuttled across the lawn to hide . |
| 14 | ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who hast given us the Law of truth , and hast planted everlasting life in our midst . |
| 15 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 16 | ‘ Seb , you 've given her the opportunity to live , not once but twice . |
| 17 | ‘ And you 've given me the impression you wanted to see me , too . ’ |
| 18 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 19 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 20 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 21 | She glared at me , dug beneath her cloak and pushed a purse ( much leaner than the one she had given me the night before ) into my hand . |
| 22 | Alex , who had given me the cigarettes , was Scottish and had been at Lille for three days ; he had deserted from the Military Police in Germany , and thought that French food was nowhere as good as Glaswegian . |
| 23 | She glanced across to Raynor again , and saw him bow his head in brief acknowledgement , and she smiled inwardly , for it was Raynor who had given her the clue , the idea , the knowledge of how to approach his people . |
| 24 | Jenny was the girl she lived with , and the one who had given her the impetus to finally escape the suffocating love of her father and uncle in Hong Kong . |
| 25 | They were married in February 1949 and Daphne Rye , who had given them the reception , encouraged Sybil to move into Pelham Crescent . |
| 26 | Her face seemed familiar , but it was some time before he realized that she was the curly-haired bit who had given him the slip some months back . |
| 27 | The fan who had given him the pen had had L. M. inscribed on it . |
| 28 | Did I say that she 's given me the diary ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ No , she 's given us the slip again , damn it . ’ |
| 30 | And she went away and produced that document after we 'd given her the brief . |