Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [adv] given [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 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He added that she had not given him her London address . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 7 | It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia . |
| 11 | Franco could not believe that the miners wanted more than he had already given them and , as always , viewed their discontent as political subversion . |
| 12 | And I had n't given my permission . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If you had only given me my wife and children : Dayenu ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 16 | I 've often speculated since on what would have happened if we 'd just given ourselves up at this point . |
| 17 | If they had not given him some food , he surely would have died like his mother . |
| 18 | I went to the kitchen for something to eat but I 'd finished my food the night before and he had n't given me any more . |
| 19 | Iran-contra , however , had always had another star , a more retiring one ; and he had not given anything like a full performance yet . |
| 20 | He looked drawn now , Ruth thought , and wondered if he had ever given her a thought since Seville . |
| 21 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 22 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 23 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
| 24 | Michele had asked for a promise that she would n't attempt the stairs , but she had n't given one , and if she was very careful … |
| 25 | She had made every effort to attract him , but he had not given her his heart . |
| 26 | But he had also given her time to think what she was doing . |
| 27 | But he had n't given it , and I began to wonder why he had n't . |
| 28 | Not because she was scared of snakes , but because she had n't given them a thought . |