Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [noun prp] have given " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the last thing in the world you 'd want would be to give up this opportunity Monsieur Verveine has given you . |
| 2 | The first has been handled sensitively , and actress Nicola Strong has given some powerful performances as the daughter coming to terms with her past . |
| 3 | National Federation of Anglers president Dave Bird has given the idea the thumbs-down . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly Galway boss Jarlath Cloonan has given a vote of confidence to the side that shocked Tipperary at the semi-final stage . |
| 5 | A two-day visit to Lagos in late December 1989 by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Managing Director Michel Camdessus had given rise to speculation that the Fund would soon agree to further financing facilities [ for 1989 standby arrangement see p. 37140 ] . |
| 6 | Though he almost came a cropper on one occasion — United had just squandered a chance to cancel out the first-half lead Ian Baird had given Hearts — his footwork was pretty good , which is more than can be said for those on the pitch itself . |
| 7 | She said she was in the same boat as himself and kept her fist closed tight in the pocket of her overall on the one and ninepence Uncle Vernon had given her earlier . |
| 8 | If you went up the railway embankment at night , he said , you could look straight into the window of the room Uncle Titch had given her and see her getting undressed . |
| 9 | Kelly Klein wore the pears husband Calvin Klein had given her . |
| 10 | Had n't she taken off her own wedding ring and hung it around her neck with her red identity tag and the St Christopher medal Father O'Flaherty had given her ? |
| 11 | She was also glad that she had not squandered the remaining money Mrs Gracie had given her ; from what Paul said it was going to be needed . |
| 12 | The newcomer listened in his turn to the description Mrs Zamzam had given me of the events that led her to run away from Um Al-Farajh , occasionally nodding agreement or interrupting to correct her account . |
| 13 | The bone Mrs Wright had given Caspar lay by the tree . |
| 14 | That 's the nickname Ron Atkinson has given him . ’ |
| 15 | The American dramatist David Mamet has given a far more penetrating and disturbing account of salesmen on the make in Glengarry Glen Ross , and I can remember at least two other British plays on virtually the same theme . |
| 16 | He knocked quickly , tapping out the code Madam Lundy had given him . |
| 17 | When Lyddy had gone , Alexandra went to one of her huge wardrobes and from beneath a pile of linen drew out the little morocco volume Aunt Emily had given her the evening of her arrival . |
| 18 | England manager Graham Taylor has given him this Saturday off to attend the wedding of his sister Anne-Marie . |
| 19 | He consulted the catalogue Mr Kobold had given him . |
| 20 | Mansfield Town Caretaker Manager Bill Bearden has given his whole squad the day off to try to stop the spread of the flu virus . |
| 21 | Soon she fell fast asleep , worn out by the news Bob Newman had given her , by the earlier experience of the horrible death of Ed Riverton , by having to visit the mortuary to identify him , by the rush to the airport . |
| 22 | No wonder , then , that manager Jarlath Cloonan has given a vote of confidence to his ‘ semi ’ line-up . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Howard has given the green light for a windfarm development on the edge of the Lake District National Park . |
| 24 | Labour consumer affairs spokesman Nigel Griffiths has given Sega and Nintendo a three-week deadline to act . |
| 25 | He picked up the two grips and the empty suitcase Tom Rooney had given then to lend credence to their story . |
| 26 | Agriculture Secretary John Gummer has given an assurance that the British government will not support a resumption of commercial whaling until a method of killing the mammals humanely has been invented . |
| 27 | He fished out the number Major Morton had given him and dialled . |
| 28 | The widow of publisher Robert Maxwell has given her first in-depth interview since leaving her home in England . |
| 29 | The family of murdered council worker Anna McGurk have given their backing to a new bill to change the bail laws . |
| 30 | Agriculture minister John Gummer has given the go-ahead to the establishment of a new Central Science Laboratory on a greenfield site at Sand Hutton , near York . |