Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] given [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 7 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 8 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 9 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 10 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 11 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 12 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 13 | She had given her a tiny dose of medicine just before the explosion , and now Julia closed her eyes . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A day or two later Anthony Rouse and I were astonished to hear that her agents were demanding the interview be withdrawn because , as she complained in a letter to the BBC 's Director General , Hugh Carleton-Greene , we had given her a solemn undertaking over lunch not to mention the matter of Wells and their son at all . |
| 16 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 17 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 19 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 20 | They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too . |
| 21 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |
| 22 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 23 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 24 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | On his return , he had given her a gold-coloured owl and told her he was in love with her . |
| 27 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 28 | Meg remembered , shuddered with the memory ; the whole deal : he had given her a just beating , then pissed all over her . |
| 29 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |