Example sentences of "[vb past] given [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |
| 3 | She mentioned a conference at Lancaster University , where she 'd given a talk called ‘ Bringing Spirituality into Organizations ’ . |
| 4 | At one point she 'd given a talk on Sky TV about all the signs to look for in a youngster abusing solvents . |
| 5 | She got an answering machine and was pretty certain that she recognized his voice from the times he 'd given a television reporter a few words at the scene of crime . |
| 6 | The road had for so long been the only goal that I 'd given no thought to anything beyond . |
| 7 | At first she 'd given no thought to missing for a month , putting it down to the trauma of losing Pa , but by the time nothing showed for the third month running there could be no doubt that the worst had happened . |
| 8 | I 'd given the warden details of our itinerary , and the call got put straight through to my own room here just before we went for lunch . |
| 9 | He 'd given the address . |
| 10 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 11 | Dizzy knew the exact value of the people he kept , which was why he 'd given the estate management job to Diane and not to one of his regular hangers-on . |
| 12 | Then , impossible though this seemed given the blow it had been struck , the form started to haul itself to its feet . |
| 13 | Special schools existed in all local authorities but rarely were the children who attended given the opportunity to share everyday experiences with their more fortunate contemporaries . |
| 14 | Indeed some felt given the success of the MacBride lobby in the U.S. , that the Act is aimed at getting the issue off the agenda . |
| 15 | She felt cornered , counted out by this cool precision , fighting for something which had given every sign of gracious flowering … from time to time . |
| 16 | Encouraged by his enthusiasm the people of Deogarh had given every rupee and paisa they could find to raise the share capital for the co-operative . |
| 17 | For Stenton , the half century before 716 when no Anglo-Saxon king had been able to establish more than a local ascendancy , had ‘ little significance in English political history ’ because it had given no promise of the great advance , as he saw it , towards the unity of England which was to be made by the Mercian kings before the end of the eighth century . |
| 18 | Major Tzann had given no sign , either physically or verbally , that he could relax . |
| 19 | Sophie moreover actually had a job , had an income , which was beginning to be something of a pressing issue , inflation and the changing climate began to bite into their indifferent superiority to the outside world and they had given no thought as to how to fight that . |
| 20 | But one who had given no thought to love . |
| 21 | The Nationalist high command had disrupted the normal functioning of the country 's political , economic , cultural and social life , but had given no thought to the construction of alternative infrastructures and super-structures on their own organizational patterns . |
| 22 | She had invited several friends to lunch the next day , and she had given no thought to what to cook . |
| 23 | Fortunately , today the rundown could be short , as Faye 's condition had given no cause for concern at all . |
| 24 | As that was a race in which Lotus , knowing that Fittipaldi was planning to leave , had given no team orders to Ronnie Peterson to be obliging to Fittipaldi , Ronnie won — as he could have done several times previously — and with Ronnie 's win , Fittipaldi was eliminated from the title race . |
| 25 | I had sent her a copy of my memoir , but her noncommittal letter of thanks had given no indication of whether she had read it . |
| 26 | Sony had given no indication they were working on — or intended to work on any electronic stills camera . ’ |
| 27 | Those warm-up games had given no indication of the glory to come . |
| 28 | In addition their father had told them that he wanted to speak to them in his study afterwards , and although he had given no indication what chastisement he planned , they knew from the severity of his expression that he was angrier than they had ever seen him before . |
| 29 | As a member of the Secret Committee of 1857 Rostovtsev had given no indication that he might turn into a keen reformer . |
| 30 | She was telling the truth ; Dana had given no hint of where they were going . |