Example sentences of "[pron] have given a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've given a whole chapter to my constituency . |
2 | Erm , so I 'm hoping that that will work , it 's it 's down in the diary for him to do that , and and I 've given a little note about what the Adult School is all about . |
3 | I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination . |
4 | Wordsworth concludes The Prelude with tributes to his sister Dorothy , and to S. T. Coleridge , both of whom , in their different ways , helped him to resolve the personal crisis into which the events of the 1790s had led him , and I have given a short biography of each . |
5 | The decision was , I do not doubt , a thoroughly beneficial decision which has given a sensible ambit to powers which Parliament had conferred in a way which good sense would suggest had left them far too restricted . |
6 | The possibility of such a merger has now been discounted by the Minister , who has given a solid commitment that no Government of his persuasion would attempt such a merger . |
7 | The issue in this case is whether an original lessee , or an intermediate assignee of a lease , who has given a direct covenant to pay the rent and observe the covenants , is released from liability following an agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease under which the lessor takes a surrender of the lease and some of the assignee 's goods in return for releasing the assignee from all claims under the lease ? |
8 | She 'd given a false name so he could n't trace her . |
9 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
10 | He recalled how she had given a great deal of help to the group of residents who in 1981 formed Project ‘ 81 — now the Hampshire Centre for Independent Living — which developed a structure to enable disabled people to leave residential care and live in the community . |
11 | And she had given a certain name to it , and I ca n't remember what the name was now , something like fiddling , I mean fiddling is too obvious , it was n't that , but it was something like that , an ordinary everyday term like that . |
12 | Along with their tickets the refugees had bought landing permits from the Cuban director of immigration , who had given a personal guarantee that they would face no difficulties entering his country . |
13 | No one has given a satisfactory answer to that . |
14 | And in fact if if if if er we look along this line , at the moment we as I said in my introduction we have two districts or three districts who have expressed support for the principal , and of those of those one has given a clear indication that it would , this might be too , er high a phrase , welcome a new settlement , within its district . |
15 | Here we have given a Penitential Service and a Prayer Service with a suggested format for each . |
16 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
17 | In so doing , they have given a false picture of Jesus ’ own intention in the use of parables . |
18 | Otherwise , they may find that they have given a huge advantage to their competitors , without benefiting sufficiently from the opportunities that have been made available to them . |
19 | I think one of the great areas of such as system is in teaching young doctors , in training people , and an expert who ca n't tell a tutee why he has given a certain answer is n't really much good as a teacher . |
20 | These are : ( a ) That the officer can not discover the suspect 's name or believes he has given a false name . |
21 | With his ITV show Through The Keyhole he has given a guided tour of 200 homes of the rich and famous , exposing to public view everything from Viscount Weymouth 's erotic murals to Bernard Manning 's fish tank . |
22 | He has given a vivid portrayal of Jesus as the Messiah ; the new Moses ; the representative of God . |
23 | Driving on , he told Paula that Harry Butler was on the way , that he 'd given a brief description of Evelyn so Butler would recognize her , plus her address . |
24 | Just before leaving France in 1940 he had given a final dinner party at the Ritz in Paris to members of his unit , but had inadvertently left without paying the bill . |
25 | As long ago as 1172 Henry II had promised to mount a crusade and ever since then he had done nothing about it — though he had given a good deal of financial aid to the stricken kingdom . |
26 | Playing for the New Zealand Barbarians in a 23–13 win over a strong Public School Wanderers side , Botha ended a superb personal display in soaking conditions with his shorts as pristine white as when he had started the game , during which he had given a cultured demonstration of the arts of reading the game and tactical kicking . |
27 | Each time he had given a little shrug , as though to say , ‘ We 'll see ’ , and left it at that . |
28 | It 's given a new lease of life has n't it ? |
29 | The goalkeeper 's he 's committed the cardinal error by picking up the er the back pass , oh he 's given a free kick the other way . |