Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] [vb past] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Gillespie says that they wanted to give their racegoers something extra and more excitement … and when times are hard this is one way of getting more owners into the sport |
| 2 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
| 3 | He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it . |
| 4 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 5 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |
| 6 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 7 | What was even more satisfying was knowing that she had given him that same lesson , not once but twice , this morning when she 'd stunned him by agreeing to see his grandmother on her own time , and last night , when she 'd turned away his advances , and never mind all that pretence about his not being interested . |
| 8 | Now he knew that he had given her what he had , and no one could give more . |
| 9 | The Queen commending his work , not only for the pains therein taken , said that nothing had given her so great delectation . |
| 10 | Who said that I had given thee up . |
| 11 | Several women friends of Waddell said that he had given them within days of the murder large sums of money ; and a barman to whom Waddell had given £1000 for safe keeping said Waddell had told him he had won a packet on the horses . |
| 12 | The talks were going very well and Smith said that he wanted to give us a holiday and take us to Victoria Falls in his plane . |
| 13 | As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move . |
| 14 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |
| 15 | Feeling that she had given her due of politeness to the curate , the due exacted by her mother and elder sister , she pattered onto Maurice , and , after having a bit of a poke round , shot across the connecting gangplank onto Grace . |