Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] he [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 2 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 3 | You 've given him an adverse marking . |
| 4 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I 've met him a few times , ’ she admitted . |
| 6 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
| 7 | Now instead they 've offered him a new one year contract . |
| 8 | We 've offered him the best contract we could give him |
| 9 | I 've told him no more sex till he gets back into shape . ’ |
| 10 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 12 | Bless you , now you see , now straight away I 've asked him a simple question , he 's given me a simple , straightforward answer |
| 13 | And now I 've lost him a second time , and this time for ever ! |
| 14 | Though I enjoyed the book immensely it did seem that to an extent Mayle had used the plot to answer the numerous critics who , riddled by jealousy at the success of his two books ( Toujour Provence was the second ) , have given him a good going over . |
| 15 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 16 | Ten years with Courtaulds Italia , based in Milan , have given him a Mediterranean outlook on life which squares easily with the goals of Single Market integration . |
| 17 | Anyway , there 's certainly no way I 'm going to start physio on him the way things are , or at least until you or Dr Grant have given him the OK . ’ |
| 18 | We have shown him a better way of making the savings he requires next year , and we will be happy to work with him — and with the consumer groups — to find ways of improving the value obtained for the money spent on legal aid in the future . |
| 19 | His family have bought him a new hi-fi for Christmas . |
| 20 | The larger-than-life character is becoming well-known on the streets of Iasi youngsters in the town have dubbed him The Black Horse and even taken to copying his distinctive hairstyle : slicked back with a pony-tail . |
| 21 | ‘ Because Father is a tired old man I have spared him a hundred times , and tolerated things which are little short of intolerable . |
| 22 | ‘ We have sent him a loyal birthday telegram in exile , ’ he said . |
| 23 | The patient 's memory can be retrained through simple exercises such as question-and-answer sessions after you have read him a short passage from a book or newspaper . |