Example sentences of "given he [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By September the Franco courts had given him a twenty-year prison sentence . |
| 2 | I mean , I would have given him a good kick if I 'd do stood along side of him ! |
| 3 | They 'd had a good time , it had given him a good holiday , her too . |
| 4 | Yes , oh Rocket , for the first few months I had him , after he was rescued , and he was so protective of me , because I 'd given him a good home and never , never hit him in the face . |
| 5 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 6 | Yet this season , he 's played all but two matches , and since the ‘ 5 man defence ’ appeared when Batty got injured , the reviews I 've read have even called him a Batty replacement , and given him a good write-up . |
| 7 | The 5ft 6in speedster felt he was persona non grata throughout Dave Stringer 's five years in charge at Carrow Road , but Mike Walker 's arrival in the summer has given him a new lease of life . |
| 8 | Oliver 's experience of returning to Metastasio 's original text has given him a new respect for that most maligned of operatic dramatists . |
| 9 | After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life . |
| 10 | The Amstrad PCW he bought for writing letters when handwriting became too difficult has given him a new interest in life . |
| 11 | His attempt to murder her seemed to have given him a new strength in the relationship . |
| 12 | I could have given him a straight rejection , but I suppose that was not in my nature . |
| 13 | ‘ Even before you pointed out his similarity to Clinton , I would have given him a reasonable rating . |
| 14 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
| 15 | I said , " You 've given him a bloody licence to do it . " |
| 16 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 17 | And if you 're worried in case anyone in the family has drunk out of a cup her husband used , or sat on the same loo seat or given him a friendly kiss , relax . |
| 18 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 19 | Yet at the Enterprise Works has given him a full-time job , making components for local firms . |
| 20 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you out of your … ? his father stopped and looked in a startled manner at his mother , who had given him a sharp dig , then began to cough . |
| 22 | I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) . |
| 23 | Likewise Jacob , his father , had given him a long robe with sleeves , for he ‘ loved Joseph more than any other of his children ’ ( Gen. 37:3 ) . |
| 24 | Certainly Eliot 's studies in Sanskrit and Pali at Harvard under Lanman and Woods had given him a thorough knowledge of Indian thought , but it is probable that Kipling 's version of metempsychosis had at least an equally important effect . |
| 25 | He has , however , given him a psychotic compulsion to formulate fanciful similes . |
| 26 | Her rifle butt had given him a nasty knock , but there would be no lasting damage . |
| 27 | However , his blazing indignation appears to have given him a nasty dose of alliterative-itis in a NUPE press release condemning the report as ‘ more market madness mirroring the mayhem in the mines ’ . |
| 28 | These debates were eventually brought to a close by Williams , but by this time his fame had spread throughout the islands and had given him a mass following , especially among the lower Creole class . |
| 29 | His father had given him a plentiful supply of money and there was considerable justification for the war . |
| 30 | 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 . |