Example sentences of "[conj] given [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have initiated him into the ‘ Secret Doctrine ’ , opened his centres of vision and given him the means to communicate with the Powers . |
| 2 | A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away . |
| 3 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've called up the PR firm we normally liaise with and given them the name of the hotel you 're booked into . |
| 5 | See people at San Carlos hungry and given them the rest . |
| 6 | ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures . |
| 7 | He had encouraged and praised her , bullied her a little when she needed bullying , and given her the love and support that had made her feel , even in the darkest moments of self-doubt , that she could rise above all the problems and emerge triumphant . |
| 8 | Porter , one of the country 's most respected authorities on paediatrics , had taken a shy Puerto Rican intern called Carmen Rodriguez under his wing twenty years ago and given her the confidence to start up her own practice soon after graduating from medical school , and she was now one of New York 's most popular and in demand paediatricians . |
| 9 | We have enforced questionable criteria , appealed to divine authority and given ourselves the right to make our own interpretation of it . |
| 10 | Responding to criticism from environmentalists , the government has increased the Inspectorate 's staff and budget , and given it the status of an independent agency . |
| 11 | Erm we 've done mileage and expenses claim forms and given you the bits and pieces . |
| 12 | Yes , it uses eight watts against a hundred , well I say probably against seventy five , eight watts instead of seventy five and given us the same amount of light out . |