Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] have give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's looking promising at the moment , we 've had a lot of support from the people of Didcot , er a number of companies have made donations , T N T express have given us a van to er transport the bikes to the start/finish , and Denton Cycles spares for the bikes if we break down , punctures being the worst |
| 2 | He warmed the pot , instinctively found the tea in the caddy Frances 's Auntie Pamela had given them as a wedding present , and brewed up . |
| 3 | In short , Labour and the Liberal Democrats will have the argument won for them on the ground — and as long as they locate their policies in terms of wealth creation , rather than punitive redistribution , the current election election result has given them a platform from which effectively to challenge for power next time round . |
| 4 | So when the class reassembled , Matilda went to her desk and began to study a text-book on geometry which Miss Honey had given her . |
| 5 | ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract . |
| 6 | Wang Sau-leyan was sitting in the far corner of the room , turning the gift the Ping Tiao had given him in his hands , studying it . |
| 7 | She turned up the volume of the calypso tape Elaine had given her and sang at the top of her voice , thinking about whether to have a formal dinner party for the charity night , as Pauline suggested , or a more casual fancy-dress party on Halloween , which was what she would prefer . |
| 8 | What held good for Stoke Poges held good for the Western Isles ; Kathleen Raine has given us a description , worthy of Thomas Gray , of the burial of an old Scotswoman : |
| 9 | It was a good thing that Edward Morris had given her another order which he had insisted on paying for in advance . |
| 10 | ‘ All sorts of people have helped : The Rural Development Commission has lent us £10,000 to top up what we raised ; all the retired , trainee and working accountants , lawyers , journalists and businessmen in the village have put in hours of voluntary work , and our grocery wholesaler Pharaoh Quirke has given us a new fascia board . ’ |
| 11 | In the morning , when it was time to leave , he had paid at the desk with the American Express card Woodward had given him . |
| 12 | My preference is for the bigger man yet Andy Robinson has given me more difficult games that any other opponent . |
| 13 | Tried working through the Alekhine Paz had given me , but even chess filled me with disgust . |
| 14 | Pat Kennedy has given us much help and guidance in the past and we look forward to working closely with her in the future . |
| 15 | He simply could not remember in the end whether Miss Harker had given it back or not . |
| 16 | Esau , with all the animals Jacob has given him , can hardly proceed at a mad gallop . |
| 17 | And the last thing in the world you 'd want would be to give up this opportunity Monsieur Verveine has given you . |
| 18 | Stones in the bladder were a very common ailment in middle life , and something for which my first aid training had given me no preparation . |
| 19 | Various anthropologists had remarked on this zombie tradition — but in Makassar Werner had given us a supplementary twist to the story . |
| 20 | The old bear Emma had given her sat in his corner , accorded dignity , but no longer attention . |
| 21 | She remembered the mousetrap Clare had given her . |
| 22 | Madam Lundy had given him a list of possible contacts in Dublin , people she had known in her days here ; some owed her favours , others had exploitable vices or indiscretions . |
| 23 | He knocked quickly , tapping out the code Madam Lundy had given him . |
| 24 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 25 | But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild . |
| 26 | Seems like only yesterday ( well it was earlier this year ) that Lucie Fjeldstad , 49 , was boasting about the $100m IBM Corp had given her to lay the foundations of a multimedia business : now she is taking the IBM shilling , also known as early retirement incentives , and quitting her post as vice-president and general manager , Multimedia ; she was behind the Blockbuster agreements . |
| 27 | One day , an important but superstitious client cancelled his insurance policy when the pen Waterman had given him to sign with refused to work . |
| 28 | All of the courage , the new-found confidence which Dr Neil had given her , with his love , drained away from Sally-Anne at the sight of Dr Neil 's face when Havvie told him who she was . |
| 29 | It was warm and smooth on Sarah 's tongue , nothing like the terrible gin Maggie had given her which she never wanted to taste again . |
| 30 | Anyway , there 's certainly no way I 'm going to start physio on him the way things are , or at least until you or Dr Grant have given him the OK . ’ |