Example sentences of "he [verb] given [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 2 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 3 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 4 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 5 | A civil servant by day he has given himself a mission : to show the rest of the world just what can be done in a glider . |
| 6 | He repeats it in 4:13 , ‘ This is how we know that we remain in him , and he in us , because he has given us a portion of his Spirit . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He has given us the feeling that we could not have been better prepared , ’ said Hockley after her opening round . |
| 8 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 9 | He has given you a cost breakdown as follows : |
| 10 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 11 | He 'd given her a string of cultured pearls as a wedding present . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 13 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 14 | He reminded her of the day he 'd given her the locket and ring . ’ |
| 15 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 16 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
| 17 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 18 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 19 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 20 | I said ’ Oh yes ’ and I saw the and he 'd kept the collar on , and of course he 'd given me the one that tossed his head up did n't he ! |
| 21 | They were determined to confront the English Heritage inspector , but it soon became clear he 'd given them the slip . |
| 22 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
| 23 | Why could n't he have given her a different choice , one that did n't involve old loyalties ? |
| 24 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 25 | He seemed full of beans though , and after he had given me a rundown on the life cycle of the polyp , three nurses wheeled me across the corridor and into another room . |
| 26 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 27 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 28 | He had given me the runaround in his sleep . |
| 29 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 30 | But he was so scared of them getting his own father that he had given them no names at all , not even his own . |