Example sentences of "[pers pn] have given [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 7 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 8 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 9 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've given you the total message . ’ |
| 11 | As with last month 's design , I have given you the basic ‘ building block ’ and suggestions , in the illustrations , on how it can be used . |
| 12 | The reason I have given it the temporary title referred to above is because I have witnessed at least two name exchanges at the station in recent months . |
| 13 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 14 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 15 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 16 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 17 | You 've given him an adverse marking . |
| 18 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 19 | Which you and you 've given it an extra name of mumsy S L P . |
| 20 | She had given her a tiny dose of medicine just before the explosion , and now Julia closed her eyes . |
| 21 | ‘ You have given me a whole month of misery . |
| 22 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 23 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 24 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 25 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They 've given me the main facts . |
| 30 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |