Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E jus ' walked up ter me calm as yer like an' ses , ‘ Tell Mr Maitland 'is ole friends 'ave paid 'im a visit . ’ |
| 2 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 3 | I 've given her a draught . |
| 4 | My Uncle Stan and Aunt Alice are very good to me and more than good to Carrie , they 've given her a start in life she would never have had here . |
| 5 | And , I 'd like to say that er , Diana er er , has been extremely helpful , and I 've given her a bit of he aid , in trying to raise that kind of money . |
| 6 | I 've had , I 've had two hundred pounds worth , I 've given her a cheque for two hundred pounds |
| 7 | You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously . |
| 9 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 10 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 11 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |
| 12 | You 've given me a lot . ’ |
| 13 | you know now you 've given me a let out . |
| 14 | ‘ I feel as if you 've given me a gift I 'm completely unworthy of . |
| 15 | Now she came away thinking I 've got this secondhand car and they 've given me a warranty . |
| 16 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 17 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 18 | That means , they 've raised a third , we 've given them a third , and they got a third to raise . |
| 19 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 20 | And then but also with the poor peasants I mean you , you 've given them a , enough land so that they , they still ca n't meet subsistence , given them some land but not enough , but you know because they 're resourceful and they 've got other things that they , they do n't need to have enough land to give subsistence , they 'd rather go and do something else and make it up . |
| 21 | I 've given him a couple of garters for his socks . |
| 22 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 23 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 24 | They 've given him a price just for painting the walls . |
| 25 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 26 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |
| 27 | They 've given us a German prisoner of war again . ’ |
| 28 | Look , we 've given it a try . |
| 29 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 30 | We 've given you a few hints how to say them , dance to them , put great big eight foot wide papier mâché masks on to do them if you want . |