Example sentences of "[vb base] given [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes all the witnesses can leave when they 've given their evidence if they wish to . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you 've given her cause from the beginning , have n't you ? |
| 3 | we 've given them assurance that we will provide the level of service |
| 4 | But once they 're there , once you 've given them headroom , they seem pretty determined to stick around . |
| 5 | A programme does not have to be conventionally ‘ nine to five , structured but participants are more likely to accommodate themselves to unusual arrangements if you 've given them time for themselves . |
| 6 | Trouble is in the past I 've given him Liberty silk ties . |
| 7 | Or rather they 've given our county councillors a bloody nose by throwing them out , and the councillors are taking it out on us . |
| 8 | You 've given me Covermaster . |
| 9 | And then wherever you 've got rid of conductance think well they have n't given me that , they 've given me resistance , oh I had to write one over resistance turning it into conductance . |
| 10 | you 've given me book . |
| 11 | I 've given my word on that . |
| 12 | I 've given my word to her mother that I will see to it that she does — she would n't have been allowed to come here on holiday otherwise , she would have been shut up in her mother 's apartment in Rome . ’ |
| 13 | I 've given my word that , if I do decide to invest in this project , all care will be exercised to see that the area is n't spoiled in any way . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And now I 've given my message , ’ said Joe , standing up and picking up his hat . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've given my life to looking after my father and my brother . |
| 16 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 17 | ‘ I 've given your lane away , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I sha n't be in today as it 's Monday , but I 've given your name to Bill , the head librarian , and he 's expecting you . |
| 19 | And it will be obvious to the person receiving your letter that you 've given it priority treatment , to ensure a speedy arrival . |
| 20 | Okay and in fact I 've given you part of your homework is to write out the technical names . |
| 21 | I 've given you Hell from the minute you walked in here , and that 's how it 'll stay . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've given you ham and cucumber . |
| 23 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 24 | So many returners admit to stage fright at the beginning of a re-entry programme , only to find that the expectations of managers and colleagues are much more realistic than they have given them credit for . |
| 25 | Old people are no fools , and can easily be hurt ; so however many things you have on your mind to be done when you get home , never leave them feeling that you have given them time that you have grudgingly spared . |
| 26 | Professor de Bono , there are well-established scales , particularly in the States , measuring long term stress and anxiety that we can use in rehabilitated patients to demonstrate that not only have the cardiologists given them years , but Doctor Bethell and his team have given them quality . |
| 27 | At last , Ford and Jaguar bosses have given their backing to a spiritual successor to the E-type . |
| 28 | The family of murdered council worker Anna McGurk have given their backing to a new bill to change the bail laws . |
| 29 | Amnesty International and several other groups have given their support . |
| 30 | The names listed below have given their support in the period between press date and publication of the last issue , and their contributions are included in the sum mentioned above . |