Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] given [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And if you 're worried in case anyone in the family has drunk out of a cup her husband used , or sat on the same loo seat or given him a friendly kiss , relax .
2 ( 2 ) Allowing the appeal , that before making the prohibited steps orders the justices should have informed the parties of their intention and given them an opportunity to make submissions as to whether such orders were appropriate ; that the justices had had no jurisdiction to make an order prohibiting the parents from having contact with each other because such contact was not a step which could be taken by a parent in meeting his responsibility towards his child and thus was outside the terms of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989 ; that , on the evidence they accepted , the justices had been plainly wrong to refuse to make the interim care orders ; and that , accordingly , the court would substitute interim care orders relating to both children ( post , pp. 271B–D , H — 272A , F , H — 273A ) .
3 Now in the House of Lords , she has written her biography and given it a title which could well sum up her life , Fighting All The Way .
4 Its proximity to Austria , just a few miles away , and to Lindau , the old German city on the opposite shore reached in a short journey by direct lake steamer , has cast its influence and given it a faintly cosmopolitan atmosphere .
5 Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours .
6 Nevertheless , Kenneth Branagh , actor , director and entrepreneur , has saddled up the old warhorse and given it new colours .
7 Dickie had just collected the afternoon post from the postman in the lane and given me my letter before taking in the rest to his mother .
8 He had taken her heart and given it wings .
9 The Ministry of Defence confirmed last night that the Army had finally lost patience and given him a month 's notice to quit .
10 ‘ Under John 's leadership , the last three years have seen significant progress and given us a good start in tackling the challenges that lie ahead . ’
11 In addition , the war years had turned de Gaulle himself into a national leader and given him a unique symbolic identity , and yet had left him an inexperienced politician without an organized or cohesive following .
12 The pair have taken classic rock songs like Stairway to Heaven and given them their own distinctive treatment .
13 A great looker , and he may have shown his admiration because she had ducked her dark head in mock embarrassment and given him the slowest smile as she had moved away .
14 Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information .
15 After his death Mona had found the keys on the floor in the secretary 's room and given them to Maureen .
16 That I should have had an abortion or given it away .
17 Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia .
18 ‘ My hosts have driven me down the avenue and given me the figures .
19 Not only had her real mother rejected her at birth and given her away , but worst of all , her adoptive father whom she had loved so much now turned out to be her real father , a cheat and a deceiver .
20 She was settled for the night ; Clare had put her to bed and given her a mug of warm milk and two sleeping tablets .
21 I have initiated him into the ‘ Secret Doctrine ’ , opened his centres of vision and given him the means to communicate with the Powers .
22 Lawrence book and given it a highly fluid feel .
23 The bumpiness had churned her stomach and given her a headache , but she kept her complaints to herself .
24 Have you ever walked up to a fox and given it a cuddle without it trying to bite your arms off ?
25 Ian Frazier , a writer for the New Yorker , has taken this bleak and maligned region and given it life .
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