Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] given [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive . |
| 2 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he was so scared of them getting his own father that he had given them no names at all , not even his own . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 7 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 8 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 9 | Hugo Brassard looked as if someone had given him a present . |
| 10 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 11 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 12 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 13 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 14 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
| 15 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 16 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 17 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
| 18 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
| 19 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 20 | Anna had explained , and it had given her the opportunity to describe details her daughter found miraculous . |
| 21 | He had held on to her hand as her flight was called , and it had given her the way out without tears . |
| 22 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 23 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Trying to escape by going to the only other bar in Woodstock , where I was chased around a table by The Psychedelic Furs because I had given them a bad review in a music paper . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Pedalling up to the office in the mornings , with the bike wheels crunching on the thick white frost , I would arrive with bright red cheeks and breath coming out like steam , and once the Met Officer commented , after I had given him a cheerful , early morning smile , ‘ You do n't know what a difference it makes to your face when you smile ! |
| 30 | And she went away and produced that document after we 'd given her the brief . |