Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem . |
| 2 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 3 | Young Jack thought he was hard , thought that having a few blondes and getting a few legs broken made you a man , but underneath it all he was soft , a little boy . |
| 4 | Competition could be fierce , as a young Dundee officer discovered when even the influence of the powerful David Scott failed to secure him a place for the voyage of 1801 because |
| 5 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 6 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But first I want to promise you a couple of things . |
| 8 | His pen-and-ink drawings provided Minton with unrelieved amusement , as Lyttelton has recalled : Humphrey Lyttelton 's presence at Camberwell helped make it a centre for the beginnings of ‘ trad ’ , a jazz revival which replaced ‘ the polite and effete noise which had hitherto passed for genuine jazz ’ with a new vitality and energy . |
| 9 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
| 10 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
| 11 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
| 12 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
| 13 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
| 14 | A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term . |
| 15 | She wants to see it a family home once again . ’ |
| 16 | Odd-Knut has given him a hunting knife , and pointed him at the trees . |
| 17 | The Red Cross has given him a Care award backed by the Princess Of Wales . |
| 18 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 19 | Her course teacher has given her a reading list , and the library staff are good at helping students with all sorts of interests . |
| 20 | ‘ It has given her a head start over everyone else and trained her in the art of being able to look after herself . |
| 21 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 22 | Rugby has given me a life , it 's given me everything . |
| 23 | When asked what effect this has on his paintings , he replies , ‘ I feel like an Irish outsider , which has given me a neutrality of vision . |
| 24 | There is very little actual fish catching to report this month , so with things being slow it has given me a chance to read up on fish nutrition , something I have a reasonable knowledge of due to once working in one of the then leading fish culture units at Aston University . |
| 25 | The noise has given me a head . ’ |
| 26 | I HAVE always had a clear idea of what I hoped to achieve at certain points in my life , which has given me a sense of direction . |
| 27 | Erm , we 've got a few sponsors , and also a few places that people have agreed to sell the book and display , so Nurseries , Redferns , Malcolm , College Bookshop , Toy and Candy , erm , a bloke from Manchester Insurance has given me a couple of days to sell the book out there . |
| 28 | ‘ Somehow , though , watching you racing round the field like a schoolgirl has given me a burst of energy . |
| 29 | It would be a misuse of powers for a judge to say : ‘ I know Parliament has given me a discretion to vary orders in contempt appeals and make just ones , but I 'm never going to use them . |
| 30 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |