Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd heard her a little at rehearsal , but not properly , not consistently , and not without interruption and background noise . |
| 2 | I thought someone 'd given me a TV set — I was so excited , I ripped the box open and this girl went , ‘ Can I have your autograph ? ’ |
| 3 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 4 | She 'd given me a shot to kill the pain and it was making me drowsy . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Actually there 's Paul , the guy who 'd given me a lift to the concert and , and he mentioned going to the , the film I saw , erm but I knew he was going to the pub , he always goes to the pub afterwards . |
| 7 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 8 | He 'd given her a string of cultured pearls as a wedding present . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Though I wish you 'd given him a different name . |
| 12 | Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set . |
| 13 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 14 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She said she 'd given it a lot of thought and decided she 'd just got carried away because it was all such fun . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I was beginning to think you 'd given it a miss . ’ |
| 19 | I thought I thought we 'd given it a really good airing this |
| 20 | She ignored that and asked him whether he 'd booked her a seat with us on the flight south from Lima . |
| 21 | I 'd forgotten what a thin face Dad had got — how old he was . |
| 22 | I 'd forgotten what a joy it is to have a girl-friend . |
| 23 | I 'd forgotten what a delicious meal tea could be ; and sitting there I felt invaded by the envy of the man who lives in an institution , and has to put up with institution meals and institution everything else , for the rich private life of the established . |
| 24 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 25 | ‘ If only I 'd met you a year ago . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If you 'd made me a cup of coffee , ’ I say , ‘ I could have walked home . ’ |
| 27 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 28 | I 'd gotten myself a Herald Tribune and I sat reading it on one of the red seats there . ’ |
| 29 | But it was n't his fault she 'd built herself a dream and was looking for somewhere to make it happen . |
| 30 | All right , so she 'd used him a little , but this was all way out of proportion . |