Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] given [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 2 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 3 | In distinguishing between ( a ) and ( b ) I may have given the impression of wishing to maintain a strict distinction between space and time as against the physical space-time . |
| 4 | Well if you asked me that ten or fifteen years ago I think I could have given a rather easy answer erm namely that development studies was concerned with the problems of countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America , and how they could erm accelerate their economic , social and political development to provide better living standards for all their population . |
| 5 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 6 | ‘ I would have given a fortune to touch your hand , ’ cried Boldwood wildly , ‘ but you have let a man like that — kiss you ! |
| 7 | Lord save us , I would have given a bag of silver for the sounds and smells of old Cheapside ! |
| 8 | I would have given a good deal to have the stalwart Lord Byron by me , armed with the handgun . |
| 9 | The Reds were well on top and I am sure that if I had lasted the game I would have given the selectors something to think about . |
| 10 | In fact , if I 'd been there I would have given the wretched old woman a hefty slap myself — just to see how she liked it ! ’ |
| 11 | You must have given the driver some bribe , Edward , I do n't know how he managed to help me at all , he was terrified of being caught . ’ |
| 12 | And then immediately wondered if she should have given a more positive reply . |
| 13 | Right now she 'd have given the nightclub to anyone who could restore calm to a pulse which had gone completely haywire and a brain in danger of short-circuiting . |
| 14 | Had he not assumed the initiative it was feasible she would have given a reason to keep them out . |
| 15 | When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation . |
| 16 | ALONG with many other newspapers , we may have given the impression that California was suffering from a five-year drought ( ‘ The other desert war ’ , February 16th ) . |
| 17 | We can not remember anyone ever asking us these questions and we are not sure we could have given a reasonable answer until we had been married nearly twenty years . |
| 18 | The drought in Zimbabwe , so the needs are massive , and if we can just make some kind of a major inroad into one million pounds , then we will have given an awful lot of people new hope . |
| 19 | The immediate reaction was : ‘ just think what we can achieve given an 11-years span to work with . |
| 20 | Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy . |
| 21 | Overall , however , students had a strong sense of duty to help China develop into a powerful , modern country , but they were uncertain as to how they could contribute given the constraints placed on them . |
| 22 | However , it seems likely that they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation since it merely requires a local authority to provide sewerage wherever it can but within the bounds of reason and by no means universally . |
| 23 | Minister Walsh said he could have given an identical speech . |
| 24 | Louis examined Trent with less emotion than he would have given a sandwich . |
| 25 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 26 | The judge applied a multiplier of 12 years ; and he said that he would have given a multiplier of ten , but he gave 12 to protect against the possibility of future inflation . |
| 27 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 28 | No doubt he would have given the world to call her back , but he would not give his chance of heaven . |
| 29 | It would have given a similar sort of chance to the one he missed in the first minute . |
| 30 | If earlier national and local links still existed it would have given a helpful criterion to governors to know whether their school was being managed well . |