Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this somewhat unstable basis the Company did quite well until 1630 when trade was dislocated by a famine in Gujerat , and in the next few years its legal position was undermined because Charles I allowed the Courteen family — whose interests in the West Indies had suffered because he had given away their rights in certain islands inadvertently — to trade with India without any regard for the Company 's charter . |
| 2 | ‘ That sounds a lovely idea , ’ she found she had answered before she had given herself time to think further . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 5 | Then , for the first time in three decades , Mr Wolski had reached out his hands and touched the eagle he had loved and who had given him such comfort for so long . |