Example sentences of "[verb] given she the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now at last the successful bowel and liver transplant carried out in America has given her the chance of a normal future . |
| 2 | For Coun. Mrs Kay Kirkham , Liberal Democrat , the election has given her the chance to experience the action from the other side of the fence . |
| 3 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 4 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 5 | Fortunately they 'd given her the job back at the shoe shop , and she and I had to spend only evenings and weekends together . |
| 6 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
| 7 | And she went away and produced that document after we 'd given her the brief . |
| 8 | He reminded her of the day he 'd given her the locket and ring . ’ |
| 9 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |
| 10 | If she 'd said Carolyn had borrowed a book from Clare and wanted to return it , they 'd have given her the address . |
| 11 | I think that he may have given her the choice . |
| 12 | Even without the simple affirmation his face would have given her the answer ; he looked pale and drawn , as if he had slept even less than she had . |
| 13 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 14 | ‘ Seb , you 've given her the opportunity to live , not once but twice . |
| 15 | When she had finished , she sat down at the kitchen table with the envelope Tracey had given her the night before . |
| 16 | He looked at her and understood why her parents had given her the name . |
| 17 | Her instructor had given her the name of a boy who was selling a sailboard and who would be here in time for the afternoon race . |
| 18 | He had given her the capital for the first one on their twentieth wedding anniversary , when he had already bought a Georgian pendant that he dearly wished her to have , but before he chanced giving it to her he had asked her what she would like , and she told him . |
| 19 | Her mother , anxious to get to work , had given her the day off school . |
| 20 | She was so near to tears that her only outlet was to tell the whole sorry tale , including the news that Joanna had given her the day before . |
| 21 | In actual fact Rosemary had given her the idea about deglamorising herself , but it was with truth , when , feeling forced to reply , Leith answered , ‘ I 've worked hard for my qualifications . |
| 22 | Moira Griffin , of Edgecombe Drive , explained that the death of a homeless man had given her the idea of knitting for the people who use the hostel . |
| 23 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 24 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 25 | Anne had given her the parcel to post two days ago and she had completely forgotten all about it . |
| 26 | He had given her the excuse as usual . |
| 27 | He had held on to her hand as her flight was called , and it had given her the way out without tears . |
| 28 | Anna had explained , and it had given her the opportunity to describe details her daughter found miraculous . |
| 29 | She was the organist of a village church , and the freedom from long hours in a shop , or former office work , had given her the opportunity of practising more on her dearly loved organ . |
| 30 | She glanced across to Raynor again , and saw him bow his head in brief acknowledgement , and she smiled inwardly , for it was Raynor who had given her the clue , the idea , the knowledge of how to approach his people . |