Example sentences of "had been give him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he was awaiting the chance of revenge for the crack on the head that had been given him … |
| 2 | The bomb Simon Cormack had been carrying on his person was concealed in the broad leather belt he wore around his waist and which had been given him by his abductors to hold up the denim jeans they had also provided for him . |
| 3 | A Victorian jug on the mantelpiece had been given him by Louise one Christmas . |
| 4 | Could see how his father would have resembled Han when he was younger ; as if age had been given him and youth to Han . |
| 5 | Pilger had been giving him a hard time . |
| 6 | He sat on a huge leather chair with a sigh of relief and it was clear to Hari that his leg had been giving him trouble . |
| 7 | He hoped that I could undertake something in that line , especially in relation to Italy : for I had been giving him my impressions of the visit to Rome , which included encountering at close quarters , Mussolini , Count Ciano , and Edda his wife , and the by comparison rather puny Neville Chamberlain . |
| 8 | Ven swiftly reassured her , and — even while it was dawning on her how he was accepting her ‘ no ’ without question when she had been giving him a ‘ yes , yes , yes ’ for the past five minutes , he was reaching for her wrap . |
| 9 | Mr Goldring said the accused had been giving him his grandmother 's tablets . |