Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] have given [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had owned the Sumatras for just a few months , but already we had seen that they are volatile and eccentric birds , much given to sudden screech-ups and bouts of cackling , which in other chickens would denote the arrival of an egg , but from them seem to signify only that they have given themselves a fright . |
| 2 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 3 | The above applies only if you have given us prior notification of each period of foreign travel and the countries you are visiting . |
| 4 | The jury heard about wealthy amusement arcade boss Vincent King 's past only after it had given its verdict . |
| 5 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 6 | This typically occurs just after you have given your dog a bath . |
| 7 | I 'm just gon na ring up cos mum could n't get through yesterday so she 's given me her credit card number to order things . |
| 8 | The record of this parliament is incomplete , but the recollection of contemporaries seems unequivocal , and in later , more difficult , circumstances parliament was to be reminded more than once that it had given its assent to the war . |
| 9 | He had despised her thoroughly ever since she had given him some dire warnings about the state of his aura , and he felt she would be perfect for this review . |
| 10 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 11 | Leon , returning rather later than he had given anyone to understand , thought it politic to take the path through the far paddock and enter the stable yard via the muck heap . |
| 12 | ‘ Did Capron ask you straight whether you 'd given me any help ? ’ |
| 13 | Captain Duro was anxious to start the return voyage as soon as possible in order to avoid the equinoctial gales , and now that he had given his permission , Gerald saw no reason to delay his daughter 's departure further . |
| 14 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 15 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
| 16 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 17 | Artemis helped her and they both instinctively began to hurry , lest Artemis 's father should return and find them still there , even though he had given his permission . |
| 18 | ‘ Let Me show you how to live it , ’ but then once you have given Him your life He becomes distant ; you have to struggle to touch Him . |
| 19 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |
| 20 | ‘ I can not manage without you either and I 've given you all the time I intend to , ’ he whispered against her mouth . |
| 21 | Okay so you 've given you 've given us erm the same company as erm that mm that may present a problem with us . |