Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] have give [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 2 | For the first time Robbie found herself wishing her brothers had given her a less striking gift . |
| 3 | She rarely smiled but this was not through a lack of good nature : her responsibilities had given her a serious expression . |
| 4 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 5 | After leaving school he had been unable to settle , had wandered from place to place and had eventually landed up in Borstal , where his crimes had given him a reputation for toughness and ruthlessness which he had felt compelled to live up to ( although at the same time hating it and himself ) . |