Example sentences of "[vb base] given i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it . |
| 2 | You 've given me enough food to keep me alive and Cousin Genti 's cast-off clothing , seeing we 're the same size . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet . |
| 4 | You have given me thirty pence . |
| 5 | All the swims that have given me good dace fishing seemed to have shared similar features , the main one being their tendency to become shallower towards the tail . |
| 6 | However I must sink my prejudices and draw attention to those places that have given me special pleasure . |
| 7 | ‘ I have also discussed the situation with the Football League and put the full facts to them and they have given me clear advice . |
| 8 | ‘ But my chairman and vice-chairman have given me another year 's contract , and I 'm absolutely delighted to be staying at Nottingham Forest . |
| 9 | Dr Cassidy put forward fairly Burmin 's assertions that gold mining on Croagh Patrick would in no way interfere with the pilgrimage : ‘ I say in all fairness that should planning permission for mining ever be granted Burmin have given me repeated assurances that there will be no interference with the Pilgrim Path , there would be no interference with Patrick 's Peak or that particular part of the mountain range . ’ |