Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [pers pn] had given " in BNC.

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1 They had talked for a while then he had given Green a lift back to his hotel .
2 All the same , when he had finished stubbing the cigarette out he had given a very shrewd and pertinent answer …
3 If Benjamin had given her nothing else in their life together he had given her this child , and for that Sarah would forgive him anything .
4 He had just returned from addressing the UN General Assembly in New York where he had given an assurance that democracy was now firmly rooted in Haiti .
5 We were looking forward to a meal and a quiet evening in Dover when a radio message via Dover Coastguards informed us that another suspect vessel had been spotted heading west through the Straits after sailing from Belgium where she had given the local customs a false destination in Sweden for a large consignment of spirits loaded .
6 During the short time their marriage had lasted , there had been so many times when she had given in to Julius 's forceful demands , just to keep the peace .
7 In plan after plan and page after page , Doctor Morris amended the estimates even he had given in articles previously published , and disputed various claims made for Aurae Phiala by other authorities .
8 Strange how he had given that start when he had addressed him as Sir Joseph .
9 Then , too , she had felt rather shy of him since Christmas when he had given her the violets and had tried not to encourage his obvious interest in her .
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