Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's given me a free hand to buy horses . |
| 2 | And I 'd like to bet there 's quite a few of the blokes down there ’ — she jerked her head to the side — ‘ look upon this war as a godsend because it 's given them a legitimate excuse to leave their shanties . |
| 3 | You 'll given them a new target to go for a ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Do you know , it 's a most peculiar thing , a number of people who said , erm , one of our really made me laugh , a couple of Friday 's ago , came and said to me , typical , Christ , he 's done you a big favour has n't he ? |
| 6 | Does he really believe that the woman who spent an hour asking questions would have passively accepted everything a female consultant told her with no queries ? |
| 7 | Ever since the aborted rebel Wallaby tour to South Africa in 1987 , French had made it a personal goal to see the Springboks return to the international stage . |
| 8 | Since the formation of the first such combine in 1968 , comprising six units of production with a total of around 6,000 individual members , the Mondragon planners have made it a recommended practice to group individual cooperatives into such units . |
| 9 | It 's really weird my mu erm one of my mum 's friends who 's a bit of goer , she 's got herself a new bloke called Jim yeah and he looks exactly like Jimmi Hendrix and he plays the guitar . |
| 10 | Personally , I have always thought it a great mistake to expect young people to be interested in politics . |
| 11 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 12 | But Ms Hilary Armstrong , education spokesman for Labour and North West Durham MP , called it a desperate measure to save Mr Fallon 's parliamentary seat . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman may have noted what a Labour Member said the other day : ’ The party which holds a majority in the United Kingdom Parliament has a mandate for the whole United Kingdom . ’ |
| 14 | I have always found it a great advantage to loathe my political opponents . |
| 15 | Rose 's ma , even more than her daughter , had appreciated what a strange creature had arrived in their meagre lives . |
| 16 | You 've certainly set us a hard act to follow ! |
| 17 | The night before , Cati had fallen asleep sitting with her mother and Rosa on the balcony in the cool of the evening ; when her mother had given her a gentle push to rouse her ; she found her slightly feverish and put her to bed . |
| 18 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 19 | He has , however , given him a psychotic compulsion to formulate fanciful similes . |
| 20 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 21 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 22 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 23 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 24 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 25 | Very good they are too : it 's taken me a whole month to stop laughing ! |
| 26 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |
| 27 | Ken Stevens loved both his girls and Rachel knew it had taken him a long time to come to terms with Jennifer 's illness ; she doubted he would ever forgive David Markham for walking out on her at such a crucial time . |
| 28 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 29 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 30 | In my wildest imaginings , I could not have foreseen what a wonderful life lay before me . |