Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [adj] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |
| 2 | She said sharply , ‘ My romantic novels enabled you girls to have a carefree life , the sort of life I wish I 'd been able to give your father . ’ |
| 3 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 4 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 5 | Even in her semi-conscious state she had been able to give them the phone number of her sister Margaret in Australia . |
| 6 | Obviously some misshapen warped creation like Alex ; shame flushed heat all through her that she had been willing to give herself to some disgusting pervert . |
| 7 | We hope that in this Lenten Appeal we 've been able to give you a sense of that . |
| 8 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |
| 9 | Yet it scorched him that he had been unable to give her that chance himself . |
| 10 | He maintained his innocence and claimed he had been willing to give his life for Castro but had never been a communist . |