Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pron] [verb] give [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 | Not that I plan to give you time to forget . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |