Example sentences of "[noun prp] has [verb] [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Rugby has given me a life , it 's given me everything .
2 Mama , Millie has brought you a present ; they 're currant buns .
3 If he overcomes Benn , Hearn has guaranteed him a re-match with Eubank this year .
4 Jane has told me a lot about you , ’ she said .
5 Only Babylonia has given us a story so close to Genesis that the question of borrowing or of direct influence is seriously considered .
6 ‘ Only that Frank has seen him a number of times coming out of a special house down there .
7 Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees .
8 What held good for Stoke Poges held good for the Western Isles ; Kathleen Raine has given us a description , worthy of Thomas Gray , of the burial of an old Scotswoman :
9 Artai has given you a Khanate , ’ he said .
10 Now that the ski season is well underway , Elaine Cooper has sent us a bumper news bulletin from the Scottish slopes
11 The integration of All Brand Importers in the USA and Rymax in Canada has given us a range of premium beer brands for import and distribution that includes Moosehead , Dos Equis , Pilsner Urquell , Grolsch , Sol and Bass Ale , in addition to Guinness Brewing Worldwide 's own products .
12 Robson , who will contact Kenny Dalglish today for an update on Barnes , said : ‘ Kenny has phoned me a couple of times and has told me that Barnes has done some training this week .
13 ‘ Dr Darnell , ’ he began as soon as he had introduced himself , ‘ I know that Sergeant Channing has asked you a lot of questions already , but in your position as co-ordinator here , you 'll appreciate that your help is very important to us .
14 Digital Equipment Corp reports that the state of Kentucky has awarded it a $10m contract to manage and provide technical and other support for state-wide educational reform ; the pact will enable DEC to start implementing a plan it developed as project consultant with the state education department — it plans to create the infrastructure for a state-wide information highway providing equitable access to technology and information throughout eight regional centres , 176 school districts and 1,400 schools across Kentucky ; the state 's public schools were declared unconstitutional in 1989 , primarily because of funding inequities between rich and poor school districts , and the new system is part of a wider plan to overhaul state schools ; it will be a model for other states in the use of technology in education reform .
15 BRADLEY HUGHES ' victory in the Australian Masters on Sunday has earned him a place in this year 's Johnnie Walker world championship in Jamaica , the organisers said yesterday .
16 BRADLEY HUGHES ' victory in the Australian Masters on Sunday has earned him a place in this year 's Johnnie Walker world championship in Jamaica , the organisers said yesterday .
17 Egypt has made it a capital offence to receive military training abroad ; it has arrested dozens of returning veterans and tried 26 of them before a military court .
18 Ron has sent us a copy then
19 But the dangers in observation are perhaps implicit in the word , and observation can all too easily become realism , and realism is as Piaget has reminded us a kind of confusion between the inner and the outer — a fixing in the object something which is an activity of the thinking subject .
20 Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me .
21 Lord Petre has sent thee a present of Philip Miller 's second part of his Dictionary in return for the specimens sent him .
22 At the last minute , enough congressmen rally round to get the package through the House of Representatives : not because they believe in it , but because Mr Clinton has made them an offer they can not refuse , or worse , because they pity him .
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