Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [adv] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 2 | I think about it a hell of a lot you know , not with morbid fascination but because everything that I went through gave me an inner strength and I am frightened to lose it . |
| 3 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 4 | I 'm just sorry that I did n't give it to you sooner . |
| 5 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 6 | He added that she had not given him her London address . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 9 | It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ? |
| 10 | Her voice trailed away as she realised , from the other woman 's beaming smile of relief , that she 'd inadvertently given her hostess quite the wrong impression . |
| 11 | ‘ You can say that you did n't give her a photograph . ’ |
| 12 | The Treaty of Rome , with the consent of the British people , was given force in this country by our EC Act of 1972 ; Brussels has no power to legislate for us that we did not give it . |
| 13 | Even Trevor said grudgingly : ‘ It was n't too bad , except they did n't give us balloons . ’ |
| 14 | Christy O'Connor Jnr played on the second morning and Jose Maria Canizares in the afternoon and although they did n't give me any points I felt it was important that they got a chance to taste the atmosphere and feel a part of the proceedings , as I thought that it would help them going into the singles . |
| 15 | Dorothy explained that they had n't given her any money ; she was here as a reporter for a journal whose name they knew ; her membership of the feminist abortion campaign to which PopCon had just made a large grant was irrelevant to the present discussion ; she was just doing her job . |
| 16 | I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia . |
| 17 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
| 18 | that 's another story with a an unusual ending cos I 'd have thought when you were saying that he was n't that he did n't give them the |
| 19 | ‘ You can see that he did n't give himself the time to finish it . |
| 20 | Franco could not believe that the miners wanted more than he had already given them and , as always , viewed their discontent as political subversion . |
| 21 | And I had n't given my permission . ’ |
| 22 | He did n't get that straight off and I did n't give him time to think about it . |
| 23 | And I did n't give it a moment 's real consideration . |
| 24 | ‘ And I did n't give you the chance to put things straight , ’ she murmured . |
| 25 | If I did n't give him a square meal on Monaghan Day he 'd drink himself stupid in Mohill . ’ |
| 26 | So I got dressed and went to the corner shop to nick three Wormy bars , but Brett and Damon snuck up behind and they said they 'd tell if I did n't give them a bar each . |
| 27 | Sure I have to , Nellie , for if I did n't give it a redd up at least once in a while he 'd have the place like a right midden . ’ |
| 28 | th , th again , again you see the strength of this course is that if nobody had actually given you time like , you 'd have never known . |
| 29 | And you did n't give us two |
| 30 | And she did n't give me a chance to explain my case at all . ’ |