Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] given [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are emerging from just about as difficult a period as I can remember in over 37 years in the business , but we are emerging with capital ratios still among the strongest of any of the world 's banks — ready and willing to lend for any viable purpose , and desperate for the chance to show both personal and corporate customers that the personal , flexible , friendly service which we have tried to give in the past and which I hope has given us the privilege of enjoying your company tonight — that same service is still very much on offer today . ’ |
| 2 | My astonishment in coming here is to see these later pictures of his , although I always associate Basil with being a very competent , sensitive , and a typical Euston Road type of painter , I do think his association with the North seems to have done something incredible , and these later water colours , with their tremendous feeling for " wind and Yorkshire weather " seem to have given him an absolutely different and much more mature outlook . |
| 3 | Where the two offices were united in one structure , Angell and Pownall seem to have given them an equal place on the Foreign Office and War Department lists , no doubt thinking that the implementation of the project would be considerably easier if the same architect were carrying out both offices . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , owing to some inexplicable negligence , ’ — he sighed and shook his head — ‘ they seem to have given us the slip . ’ |
| 5 | seem to have given you any more files and buff |
| 6 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 7 | Incidentally , I have plenty of pocket money , as the Chinese have been very generous , and I gather have given us almost twice as much as the average wage for a Chinese university or Institute teacher — which is absurd in a way , since all our food and accommodation ( as well as free transport and haircuts ! ) are found for us . |
| 8 | Mrs Dare 's given me a job already . ’ |