Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun] had give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did not tradition relate how Saint James had three times attempted to ascend Massis , and on the third occasion been told by an angel that it was forbidden , but that the angel had given him a plank of wood from the Ark , and there where he had received it was founded the monastery of Saint James ? |
| 2 | " He talked of a picture book on Iran that the Empress had given him , Bridge of Turquoise . |
| 3 | The passport that the Colonel had given him was in the inside pocket of his anorak . |
| 4 | At Immigration he produced the Irish passport that the Colonel had given him . |
| 5 | Nor did he agree with the tag that the media had given him , that of anti-hero . |
| 6 | I opened the manilla envelope that the Englishman had given me . |
| 7 | He had been working at tar Processing and the fumes had given him an unpleasant skin complaint . |
| 8 | The masses were uneducated and the producers had given them rubbish , but what had really ensured ‘ the bloodlessness of the American film ’ was that with intellectuals alienated and excluded there had been ‘ no intelligent body ’ to shape the new medium . |
| 9 | But the experience had been short and isolated and the moonlight had given it a sufficient touch of unreality for me to be able to fire my machine gun at everything I saw without scruple . |
| 10 | If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station . |
| 11 | ‘ I had never met the man , but a friend had given him my number in case he could help me with my research , ’ says Lynsey . |
| 12 | He tried to hide the crease of worry on his features , but when she asked him whether the debtors had given him extra time he frowned and shook his head . |
| 13 | Werner jerked his hand away as though the keyboard had given him an electric shock . |