Example sentences of "[that] [pron] have give [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love .
2 Feeling that she had given her due of politeness to the curate , the due exacted by her mother and elder sister , she pattered onto Maurice , and , after having a bit of a poke round , shot across the connecting gangplank onto Grace .
3 And it will be obvious to the person receiving your letter that you 've given it priority treatment , to ensure a speedy arrival .
4 Old people are no fools , and can easily be hurt ; so however many things you have on your mind to be done when you get home , never leave them feeling that you have given them time that you have grudgingly spared .
5 It has a weird effect , so bad one day that they had to give me valium to take off my bandages because I could n't handle it any more .
6 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 .
7 What had really confused everyone was the fact that Kemp always carried a hip-flask of brandy in the car 's glove compartment , and that he had given his wife — trapped by the legs beside him — several sips from this flask before the ambulance arrived ; and had even drunk from it himself !
8 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 .
9 As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move .
10 A husband , for instance , may fail to realise that he has given his career or ministry a higher priority than his wife .
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