Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd only sustained minor injuries and the drummer had patched him up and given him a pair of free tickets for an anniversary concert in Tierra del Fuego . |
| 2 | The Ministry of Defence confirmed last night that the Army had finally lost patience and given him a month 's notice to quit . |
| 3 | So she had forced the issue , and given him a command . |
| 4 | and given them a dish of trifle I think a lot would have just eaten the trifle , had a cup of tea and taken the rest home . |
| 5 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 6 | It 's been an odd kind of fulfilment ; and it has quite knocked on the head all the priggish ideas I may have had , and given me a sense of values . |
| 7 | He had taken her off the streets and given her a home because he was besotted with her ; the home that Sarah 's mother had kept clean and cheerful even when her health was failing . |
| 8 | Now she saved her animus largely for the council , which seemed unfair , since it had permitted her to buy for almost nothing the house which her mother had rented and given her a grant for improvements . |
| 9 | She was settled for the night ; Clare had put her to bed and given her a mug of warm milk and two sleeping tablets . |
| 10 | The bumpiness had churned her stomach and given her a headache , but she kept her complaints to herself . |
| 11 | ‘ I think it was a threatened abortion , so I 've sent a sample for pregnancy test , and given her a shot of analgesic . ’ |
| 12 | Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ? |
| 13 | Now in the House of Lords , she has written her biography and given it a title which could well sum up her life , Fighting All The Way . |
| 14 | She had learned as a girl and given herself a week 's holiday for a thirtieth birthday present . |
| 15 | ‘ — and given us a home in a shoebox , ’ said Gurder automatically . |
| 16 | The bread and the wine are consecrated with the reminder that ‘ through Jesus , God has freed us from the slavery of sin ’ and given us a life that is free of such bondage . |
| 17 | Celie felt special , Shug made her feel special , especially when she wrote and sung her a song . |
| 18 | I wished we might have stopped and offered her a lift . |
| 19 | In the later years of the dynasty there was a growing belief that the Queen of Sheba had visited Solomon in Jerusalem , had been seduced by him and borne him a son named Henelik , who founded the Abyssinian royal line . |