Example sentences of "given she the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn .
3 She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey .
4 It would be typical of Jacqui 's naivety to believe that she was dealing with an honest man who had given her the only copies in existence .
5 Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock .
6 Had her mother given her the wrong information ?
7 That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son .
8 The temptation to put aside the bitterness and suspicion was great , but , after all , she was here for only one purpose , and now Luke had given her the ideal opportunity to pursue it .
9 Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’
10 Fortunately her upbringing had given her the social training to cope with these situations .
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