Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When an animal is brought in , especially an otter which is very nervous , we 've taught them the basic techniques of how to save them .
2 Fate , thought Charlotte , gazing innocently back into his admiring , devoted , humiliated and furious face , has certainly given me the upper hand of you , my boy !
3 She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all .
4 Because he 's given me the greatest gift of friendship .
5 That 's okay , she 's also given me the right words to use to put it through urgently , okay , cos I mean you , I know you have n't exchanged yet , but you want to do that fairly quickly .
6 With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it .
7 Thanks very much Mark , you 've given me the hardest part .
8 They 've given me the main facts .
9 I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’
10 Now you 've given me the same answer for two different inputs , but that 's okay .
11 I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem .
12 Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved .
13 Given them the negative polarity item I give a damn .
14 An anonymous businessman has given them the remaining amount .
15 Three thousand members of the British Shops and Stores Association ( which , since last Autumn has incorporated NARF ) , were invited to nominate the flooring manufacturer who has given them the best service .
16 When readers have written in , worried about whether to tell about a secret lover , you 've so often given them the excellent advice : ‘ Keep mum ’ .
17 as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait .
18 The Goldsmiths allowed Gurney £300 , Norris £200 , and Coombes £150 " in consideration of their services " , having dismissed them the previous April with effect from 25th March 1860 .
19 As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day .
20 She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing .
21 The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it .
22 Alan rung me the other day .
23 The ANC described the membership of the five MPs ( who were subsequently expelled from the DP ) as formalizing a " long-standing relationship which has earned them the greatest respect " and as underlining the ANC 's commitment to " a truly non-racial South Africa " .
24 Sophie 's angelic looks had won her the 1992 Miss Pears title in the face of 20,000 challengers .
25 Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning .
26 The frequent manifestation of a melancholy figure at Covent Garden Underground Station has earned it the unwanted title of the most haunted station on the London Transport system .
27 I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 .
28 I do think if er if we it strikes me I forgotten what the new guy 's name is you 've got in charge of the yard , what 's his name ?
29 have n't seen him , it 's Dr I think that 's attended me the last time .
30 ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby .
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