Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 2 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 3 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 4 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 5 | But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine . |
| 6 | Liz would have given me a thermos and a book . |
| 7 | He would have given me an introduction to Paul Valéry as well , except that he was out of Paris . |
| 8 | ‘ My God , they should have given me an Oscar . |
| 9 | We should have given her a call . ’ |
| 10 | You would n't have given her a second glance that evening , amid the florid , the fancy and the flash . |
| 11 | The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’ |
| 12 | If your wife had answered I would have given her a load of old cods . |
| 13 | ‘ I may indeed have given her a guinea or two in a moment of late night extravagance . |
| 14 | Her arrangement with CBS would have given her a 100-per-cent shareholding in her own company . |
| 15 | It would have given her an excuse to be searching for a particular room , but she had been so frightened … |
| 16 | ‘ Could you have given him a home ? ’ |
| 17 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 18 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |
| 19 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 20 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |
| 21 | The Navy may have given him an air of commanding responsibility , but it was his year running the Queen 's Silver Jubilee Appeal in 1977 that finally made him his own man , and not his father 's son . |
| 22 | And though the visit could have given him an opportunity to kill his father , and then drive down the next day to discover the body , that was the one crime which every logical motive screamed against . |
| 23 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 24 | Something must have given them a shake-up . |
| 25 | Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw . |
| 26 | Yeah , but the thing is right , they , that 's because they 're criminally insane any way , it may have given them an idea but it does n't mean that that women or whoever it might not of died any way . |
| 27 | If the stranger had not been there , he would have given them an account of what had happened . |
| 28 | Police say they 're keen to talk Swindon taxi drivers who may have given anyone a lift from the Guest House last Thursday or shortly afterwards . |
| 29 | Police say they 're keen to talk Swindon taxi drivers who may have given anyone a lift from the Guest House last Thursday or shortly afterwards . |
| 30 | Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’ |