Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] given [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 2 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 3 | Where a defendant in the face of evidence that a woman demonstrated lack of consent , alleges belief in consent on the basis of information given him by a third party , he may well , whether expressly or impliedly , be appealing to the idea of female masochism . |
| 4 | ( This explains the small amount of attention given them by contemporary theorists of enlightenment in contrast to the adulation lavished on the Prussian and Russian rulers . ) |
| 5 | Gilbert Elliot , second Earl of Minto [ q.v. ] , while staying in Geneva in 1821 , recorded an account of Schweppe given him by François Hubert , the blind Swiss naturalist , an old friend of Schweppe in Bouchet . |
| 6 | So I I I mean , but I do n't know whether to take it today or you know because she 'll get a lot of things given her today . |
| 7 | She had discovered , too , one good source of decent clothing : periodically , churches and chapels would hold a sale of garments given them by their better-off parishioners . |
| 8 | Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ? |
| 9 | With the free hand in Boiotia given her by Myronides ' victory at Oinophyta , Athens , exceptionally , is said to have supported the oligarchs there ( Old Oligarch = Ps.Xen . |