Example sentences of "could [verb] given [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 2 | Elizabeth answered that she particularly did not want anything to remain that might hurt any living person among her friends — and so with one blow.she destroyed the ‘ flat ’ characters , who could have given her a second literary fame . |
| 3 | It was the best wedding present I could have given her . ’ |
| 4 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 5 | Now at that point , when she received the letter and read the policy , erm we could have given her a better cover if it applied to that particular vehicle . |
| 6 | One may presume that the standard of living of both these groups was above the national average , and that this could have given them better resistance to disease than their poorer neighbours . |
| 7 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I could have given him a straight rejection , but I suppose that was not in my nature . |
| 10 | Adorno 's recognition of the radical potential of what he called jazz ( see , for example , Adorno 1976 : 33–4 ) could have given him the theoretical space for such an approach ( it certainly means he has no logical grounds for the theoretical closure he operates , only a self-fulfilling pessimism ) ; but he fails to follow his quest into places where he could have found what he sought , and , more damagingly , he excludes the possibility of any other mode of critique than that associated with alienated individualism . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The irony was that , by dismissing as irrelevant all talk of the Tyrrell Society , he had closed his eyes to the vital clue Rex Cunningham could have given him : the identity of the man whose photograph Clare Mallender had carried about with her . |
| 13 | He was already rich , powerful , successful beyond anything Swift could have given him , and that meant only one thing — he had not married her to become chairman of a vast investment house , because he was already chairman of his own ! |
| 14 | She married and he only ever saw her once again , yet declared : ‘ She was really , really , the only being in the world who could have given me peace and rest . ’ |
| 15 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 16 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 17 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 18 | Now is it only K X that could have given me that ? |
| 19 | ‘ You shitbag , Tiny , you could have given us a bloody heart attack . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed him he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title , ’ said Ferguson . |
| 22 | ‘ The referee could have given us two penalties in the first half but the one he did give did n't look much from where I was in the dug-out . |
| 23 | He could have given us a picture of Halling in the 16th century , but we will come to that later when investigating his own life here at Halling . |
| 24 | And erm if they could have given us a proper explanation why they 'd gone back and prove us wrong them fair enough . |
| 25 | That was the opportunity that Maastricht could have given us . |
| 26 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 27 | ‘ Who could have given it to her ? |
| 28 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 29 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 30 | ‘ She could have given you a bit more room . ’ |