Example sentences of "they [verb] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And you know , you always you er give , gave your number you see and er course some people I believe had an a I believe in later days they 'd given the older numbers out again , I do n't know wh you know , because some people that 've joined since me have got an older number , so I do n't know whether they 've given the ol they were sort of long since run out , you know .
2 Only afterwards is it plain that , for the most part , they 've given the same answers they 've supplied to the press for years .
3 He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse .
4 These were the people Wesley had come to Cornwall to save , to rescue from the devil and , by all accounts , they had given the old campaigner a hard time of it .
5 In so doing , they have given a false picture of Jesus ’ own intention in the use of parables .
6 Otherwise , they may find that they have given a huge advantage to their competitors , without benefiting sufficiently from the opportunities that have been made available to them .
7 They have given the Spanish club a further two weeks to find the cash .
8 Whilst the law is designed to give succour in times of difficulty to those who do their best , it will show little mercy to those who are at the receiving end of proceedings who can not demonstrate that they have given the highest priority .
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