Example sentences of "[vb base] given [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 2 | They 've given me a major interrogation — I 'd told you about the Englishman — that 's what I should have been working on , not an idiot fire . |
| 3 | Erm you 've given them a good start in life , it 's your money , enjoy yourselves with it . |
| 4 | We 're so sure about the reliability of our washing machines that we 've given them a full 5-year parts guarantee . |
| 5 | Is it because we 've given them a different have we already used a pot up ? |
| 6 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 7 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
| 8 | As John Major said , they 've given us a bloody nose . |
| 9 | They 've given us a German prisoner of war again . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Willoughby , you 've given us a brief outline of a frankly hap-hazard sort of life up to now . |
| 11 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |
| 12 | and I 've given you a good old fashioned tonic to get your strength all up again . |
| 13 | They may be bottom of the table but their latest signings have given them a new lease of life . |
| 14 | There is no doubt that some worksheets are simply banal , and it may be these that have given them a bad name — especially the quiz type that simply ask " How many ? " or " What ? " |
| 15 | Addressing the Institute of Housing in 1989 , the Junior Minister of Housing said of housing associations : ‘ We have given them a vital job to do . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ The police have given me a special telephone number . |
| 20 | ‘ They have given me a special office in the Kremlin . |
| 21 | ‘ You have given me a whole month of misery . |
| 22 | Both have given me a remarkable insight into the events they portray . |
| 23 | Zoologists have found the animal difficult to classify in either the genus Felis or Panthera and have given it a new genus , hence Neofelis nebula . |
| 24 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |