Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] given [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd even given them the evidence herself . |
| 2 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 3 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 4 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 5 | The local ombudsman found Lancashire SSD had not given her the support and counselling she needed . |
| 6 | He had not provided water to wash the feet and had not given him the traditional greeting of a kiss ( Luke 7:44–45 ) . |
| 7 | If the police had not given us the benefit of the doubt , I should have been more than a little proud to go to jail in his company , together with the Cup . |
| 8 | It was clear that Holmes ' cleverness with the telegram had not given us the proof we needed . |
| 9 | He had just given her the chocolates and she had kissed him . |
| 10 | She had never held a baby before that was not a fat , well-dressed , sweet-smelling thing , but not one of them had ever given her the strange sense of fulfilment which the pitiful scrap of humanity in her arms , wrapped in the square which she had earlier scissored from her petticoat , did . |
| 11 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 12 | Mine had the same amount , while Thessy 's only contained a hundred , though the proctologist had also given him the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat . |
| 13 | She had stupidly given him the name Marie and he had latched on to it . |
| 14 | I left the FO feeling bruised and battered ; they had really given me the works . |
| 15 | He had n't given them the satisfaction of firing him there and then ; he 'd shown them the contempt he felt for them … let them suffer ! |
| 16 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
| 17 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 18 | In this one it was n't quite so er , straightforward in that we , we had n't given you the actual activities to do . |
| 19 | Perhaps he had simply given her the benefit of the doubt . |
| 20 | And God , in his infinite wisdom , or in a moment of severe brainstorm , had actually given him the go-ahead . |