Example sentences of "[noun prp] have given we [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dennis had given us a rough time in the previous two Tests and so I started to chat to him to get him in a favourable mood for when it was our turn to bat . |
| 2 | Andy had given us a special ticket which was non-transferable , so we sat in the departure lounge disconsolately watching half-empty flights leaving for Heathrow . |
| 3 | ‘ The conduct of the workers is deplorable , ’ wrote a French mining manager in 1869 , in the process of ferociously repressing the sort of strike of which Zola 's Germinal has given us a vivid picture , ‘ but one must recognise that they have been merely the savage instruments of agitators ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ All sorts of people have helped : The Rural Development Commission has lent us £10,000 to top up what we raised ; all the retired , trainee and working accountants , lawyers , journalists and businessmen in the village have put in hours of voluntary work , and our grocery wholesaler Pharaoh Quirke has given us a new fascia board . ’ |
| 5 | God has given us the Holy Spirit so that He can work in His world . |
| 6 | Various anthropologists had remarked on this zombie tradition — but in Makassar Werner had given us a supplementary twist to the story . |