Example sentences of "she [vb past] given [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She noted the breadth of his shoulders , the long legs and dark good looks , and decided Kate had better taste than she 'd given her credit for . |
| 2 | But she 'd given her promise , albeit with great reluctance , not to confide the truth to her friend . |
| 3 | When , feeling even more foolish , she 'd given her explanation Luce forced herself to look up at him . |
| 4 | ‘ Pawing ! ’ she exclaimed , and illogically started to feel angry that this swine of a man she had given her heart to should still be so ready to think the worst of her . |
| 5 | She had given her word . |
| 6 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 7 | It was n't many months ago that she had been offended by his exploring fingers , but tonight she had given her breast to his hand as if to a baby . |
| 8 | Feeling that she had given her due of politeness to the curate , the due exacted by her mother and elder sister , she pattered onto Maurice , and , after having a bit of a poke round , shot across the connecting gangplank onto Grace . |
| 9 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 10 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 11 | She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself . |
| 12 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 13 | She had given his name to Golding on Tuesday but had made no effort to contact him since to explain the situation . |
| 14 | He made it sound as though she had given his sermon to the messenger boy . |