Example sentences of "[verb] given [art] good " in BNC.

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1 Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it .
2 I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun .
3 Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman , said Mr Clarke had given no good explanation for his precipitate action .
4 Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman , said Mr Clarke had given no good explanation for his precipitate action .
5 Mr Robin Cook , the shadow Health Secretary , who advised the Government to call in the arbitrators rather than the army , said that Mr Clarke had given no good explanation for his precipitate action .
6 He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse .
7 As long ago as 1172 Henry II had promised to mount a crusade and ever since then he had done nothing about it — though he had given a good deal of financial aid to the stricken kingdom .
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