Example sentences of "[conj] this [noun] [vb past] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this regression had given Sylvia insight into the initial cause of her claustrophobia , it was not sufficient in itself to put an end to the problem . |
| 2 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 3 | Something about the fact that this chap stammered gave me more confidence . |
| 4 | As he laid the two pictures aside with the first one he felt that it was a farewell — a farewell to his youth , his youth and the greatest happiness that this youth had given him . |
| 5 | this case also dealt with the fact that the deceased mother had worked full time and this aunt had given up her job to look after the children . |
| 6 | The pain did , in fact , return the next day , but this experience had given me hope so I persevered with the lessons and now I am free of the pain for at least 95 per cent of the time . |