Example sentences of "[pron] have give [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 2 | DURING Fun Fortnight we 've had jokes on everything from cows to coughs , doctors to dentists , and everyone has given us a good laugh . |
| 3 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 4 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 5 | I had to give him a bloody week ! |
| 6 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 7 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 8 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 9 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 10 | Oh god I 've give you a bloody handful now so that was stupid . |
| 11 | Er Robert said Charlotte who 's two and a half she 's always been pretty but erm Robert said right , mother 's babysitting on the nineteenth so organize I I 've been getting them into bed and then I 've gave them a little bit of milk or whatever they want and then they 've had toast with jam on . |
| 12 | Since then I have replaced the old leaky fuel pump which has given me a perplexing problem . |
| 13 | But if they would work no more and no faster than the job required , they would work no slower and no less : nobody had to give them a special incentive to give of their best . |
| 14 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 15 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 16 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 17 | You 've still got the problem of addressing praise , because quite often you 've only , if you 've given somebody a specific task then it 's easy to praise or not to praise in that situation , but if they 've just come in , done their job and gone home , you know , just sat on a checkout for four hours , right it 's my time to leave , then , if they 've done nothing out of the blue , extraordinary , so they do n't do anything wrong , or , you know . |
| 18 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 19 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 20 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 21 | She had given her a tiny dose of medicine just before the explosion , and now Julia closed her eyes . |
| 22 | She had given herself a fair amount of time to get to Luke 's , and if she left the motorway at the next junction and did n't hang around she 'd be only a little late at the most . |
| 23 | The only payment she had received was from Charles Briant who had given her a generous bonus for her extra work on his boots . |
| 24 | ‘ Are you out of your … ? his father stopped and looked in a startled manner at his mother , who had given him a sharp dig , then began to cough . |
| 25 | ‘ You have given me a whole month of misery . |
| 26 | Willie ‘ O ’ is a bit stronger and a lot younger than Mick so you have to give him a slight edge when it comes to form and fitness . |
| 27 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 28 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 29 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 30 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |