Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] have give " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lieutenant Stapleton had managed to recognize Louise without too much trouble , though her appearance had given him a bit of a surprise . |
| 32 | She dialled the number her husband had given her , which belonged to one of his old school friends , a television producer . |
| 33 | Alexandra stole a look at her grandmother , beautiful celebrated Charlotte Bewick with her wine-red hair full of the diamonds her husband had given her , dressed in a flowing thing of cream silk and wrapped in furs . |
| 34 | Already their father had given an indication of his deep displeasure by ordering all three of them to remain in the room throughout the ceremony . |
| 35 | She has had published various writings on comparative education and language teaching/learning , and writes that her career has given her great satisfaction . |
| 36 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 37 | Harriet pushed back the cuff of her ski jacket and glanced at her watch — the clear faced leather-strapped Patek Philippe man 's watch that she always wore in preference to the elegant Cartier her father had given her , unless of course circumstances forced her into an evening gown . |
| 38 | Once , she being childishly curious , her father had given her a sip of the tot of rum he had bought to ease her grandfather 's chest . |
| 39 | With the money her father had given her , Ellie , with the necessary help of Madame Gautier , had chosen and bought for herself her very first evening gown , a simply stunning and practically backless dress fashioned out of moire in the new fashionable colour of rose-opaline . |
| 40 | On the day when Katherine came home to find the easel her father had given her collapsed on the floor and the careful copy she had been making of Vermeer 's ‘ Girl with a Mandolin' splattered with red paint , she made her decision . |
| 41 | He was their only guest and of course her father had given him the ‘ big room ’ — used by the landlord himself in the winter . |
| 42 | On its head were blue feather which her father had given her . |
| 43 | She gave me the names of all her friends and said how proud she was of the life her father had given her . |
| 44 | As they drove out of town , along the quiet roads to the country , it became clear to Juliet that the brandy and soda her father had given him had n't been Nigel 's first drink of the evening . |
| 45 | Her instructor had given her the name of a boy who was selling a sailboard and who would be here in time for the afternoon race . |
| 46 | Indeed , the paralysis he had suffered as a result of her suicide had given way to an energetic creative vitality since he and I had been together . |
| 47 | Then her eyes fell briefly on the painting her grandmother had given her . |
| 48 | So you believe either that Americans are prone to think conspiratorially or that their government has given them a lot of unbelievable explanations for incredible conduct . |
| 49 | Scuba World in its magnanimity has given you five chances to get it right . |
| 50 | Of course , her letter has given me extra cause to continue thinking of her as ‘ Miss Kenton ’ , since it would seem , sadly , that her marriage is finally to come to an end . |
| 51 | The old man believed , with simple patriotism , that the Service to which lie had given the whole of his working life was the best in the world . |
| 52 | Full employment and proof of their ability had given the new generation greater self-confidence . |
| 53 | Making biscuits in school to take home to her family had given Fiona an opportunity to share her biscuits , and a chance to share school and home experience . |
| 54 | Her mother had given herself the answer to her question : girls these days did n't know what they wanted . |
| 55 | She seemed embarrassed and muttered that her mother had given Terry the photograph , but before she said any more Mrs Redmond began to ask Joe about the war news . |
| 56 | As she gathered up the bedding and cushions she had hung out of the windows to air before the evening earth began to exhale dew , she wondered whether she should fetch out her best mantilla , the white lace her mother had given her for her first communion , which she never wore because it seemed so showy , and had n't worn even yesterday for the Easter Mass . |
| 57 | The night before , Cati had fallen asleep sitting with her mother and Rosa on the balcony in the cool of the evening ; when her mother had given her a gentle push to rouse her ; she found her slightly feverish and put her to bed . |
| 58 | He went to Rose too , but her mother had given him any there were . |
| 59 | It did have sentimental value ; her mother had given it to her for her twenty-first birthday . |
| 60 | Her mother-in-law had given her a clock similar to one she owned , an old-fashioned clock with a great glass dome over it , that struck the hour with chimes , the quarter hours with little bells . |