Example sentences of "[vb base] given [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend to remain faithful , simply because I 've given infidelity a whirl and it does n't work for me . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've given Oscar a nice wash and mended his tail with Elastoplast . ’ |
| 3 | I have given way a great deal , and I must pursue my speech . |
| 4 | I have given way a great deal , and I must pursue my speech . |
| 5 | These twin qualities have given plutonium an almost mythic quality , perhaps best captured when the manic American hero of the TV drama ‘ Edge of Darkness ’ cracks two blocks together in an instant miniature explosion . |
| 6 | A major reason for this unconcern is that various fraudsters who have operated in the field have given ESP a bad name : underfunded scientists have far better things to investigate than a phenomenon which seems , on the basis of the available evidence , to be nothing more than a farrago . |
| 7 | These meanings have given modernity a far more specific content . |
| 8 | Hostile critics have given Hartman a hard time . |
| 9 | ‘ After all , bottle banks have given glass a good green image and we 're all now used to recycled paper . |