Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] given [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 2 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 3 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 4 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 5 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 6 | ‘ You have given me a whole month of misery . |
| 7 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 8 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 9 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 10 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |
| 11 | Addressing the Institute of Housing in 1989 , the Junior Minister of Housing said of housing associations : ‘ We have given them a vital job to do . |
| 12 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 13 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |
| 14 | They 've given us a German prisoner of war again . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They have given me a special office in the Kremlin . |