Given in a sentence

Dr. James Mortimer, the friend and medical attendant of the deceased, has given evidence to the same effect.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Is it natural that he should stand for five or ten minutes, as Dr. Mortimer, with more practical sense than I should have given him credit for, deduced from the cigar ash?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

One struck, and two, and we had almost for the second time given it up in despair when in an instant we both sat bolt upright in our chairs with all our weary senses keenly on the alert once more.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

He has given me an extra pair of eyes upon a very active pair of feet, and both have been invaluable.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I am giving you some information now, in return for all that you have given me.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I could not call you in, Mr. Holmes, without disclosing these facts to the world, and I have already given my reasons for not wishing to do so.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

The circumstances connected with the death of Sir Charles cannot be said to have been entirely cleared up by the inquest, but at least enough has been done to dispose of those rumours to which local superstition has given rise.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I have given some attention to this matter and it is undoubtedly of importance.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

If you examine it carefully you will see that both the pen and the ink have given the writer trouble.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

He had not seen this lonely man upon the tor and could not feel the thrill which his strange presence and his commanding attitude had given to me.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

They have given up the chase there, and he can lie quiet until the ship is ready for him.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Sir Charles’s generosity has given us the means to do so.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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Other Word Forms

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give
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Usage

14 uses of ‘given’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle