Example sentences of "had [adv] give [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Foreign Office had only given him permission to join the Army on the understanding that he would return to Abyssinia when his leave expired . |
| 2 | Her various leadership positions had already given her opportunity to meet people of power and influence , but she was not so blase that she was n't delighted to be going to Buckingham Palace . |
| 3 | She had been so worried that she had not given one thought to the fact that she was here in her nightdress with Felipe standing looking down at her . |
| 4 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 5 | Watkins LJ gave the principal judgment in the Divisional Court and upheld the application on the ground that the Minister had not given his reasons for the decision not to make a reference and that this was ‘ irrational ’ . |
| 6 | He had not given his name in Russian and the bunk that was allocated to him was against the wall at the furthest stretch from the narrow band of heat that the boiler might service . |
| 7 | Stephen Langton , however , was consecrated by Innocent at Rome without the king 's assent , so that , although Innocent had acted within canonical rules , the king felt threatened by this election outside his court , to which he had not given his consent . |
| 8 | She had just given her body — so long and so carefully guarded — for a length of brown satin . |
| 9 | But he had also given her time to think what she was doing . |
| 10 | The death of his beloved grandfather had brought him misery but , at the same time , it had also given him strength . |
| 11 | For one thing he would have to acknowledge that Sarah was not barren , so it must be his own fault she had n't given him children . |
| 12 | I had n't given it houseroom for long enough . |
| 13 | And I had n't given my permission . ’ |
| 14 | At least Posi had n't give our position away by replying . |
| 15 | Abolitionists who had earlier given their commitment to an integrated movement still hoped to avoid open conflict despite these tensions . |