Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have given " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 2 | I still have n't given , that 's reminded me seeing Shona there , I , I do n't think I 've given her that pair of trousers and the sweatshirt and I told her that I 've got them . |
| 3 | I just want to read three anecdotes which , and I mean I 've given you sort of odd statistics and the advantage of anecdotes is that they actually put flesh on the bones I think , and they really give you a sense of what it meant to be er a peasant in China in the nineteen thirties . |
| 4 | Do you know I 've given up hours and hours of my time to distribute leaflets and address envelopes and argue with miserable people like you who do n't believe anything ? |
| 5 | Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother . |
| 6 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's possible — he knows I 'll be looking for him — but he 'll have to remain in this country until he can collect his legacy , and by then he 'll expect me to have given up . ’ |
| 8 | I hope I 've given you the motivation — and confidence — to go out and develop your own personal communication style to its full potential . |
| 9 | Oh I 'm getting a cold here and I 'm ha but I hope I 've given it to Pete you watch ! |
| 10 | I hope I have given some idea of what a single neuron with its trigger feature and projective zone an accomplish , and now I must explain a bit about the neocortex , which is the stage on which neurons perform to bring about higher mental processes . |
| 11 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) would seem to suggest all the experience I have gained and the help and support I have given to young children has no value . |
| 12 | LAUGHTER is the best medicine and over the last two weeks we hope we 've given you a real tonic with our |
| 13 | After chatting to the veterans for several minutes , the prince turned to an aide and joked : ‘ I hope we have given the right medals to the right people . ’ |
| 14 | The challenge in our modern world is to use medical techniques that will preserve the life of the baby and the health of the mother , yet still allow women to respond to the natural forces of childbirth , so that they may really feel they have given birth , rather than having a baby taken out of them . |
| 15 | Erm so we wish to thank them all , or I wish to thank them all very much for all their hard work and support they 've given me . |
| 16 | I would , by the way , like to thank the members of , of the Investment Panel , for the help and support they 've given me , and also , in fact , to point out that erm , although s er , your your Chairman has spoken of Sir Ray severing his formal links with the Council , I have to say that we still do have one or two claws still attached to him , in that he remains on , as a very valued member of the Investment Panel , and will continue to provide his wisdom and advice , for which we are all very grateful . |
| 17 | That summer the Allies announced that the families who had helped prisoners-of-war would be remunerated for the board and lodging they had given : a form could be collected from the town hall . |
| 18 | Oil of Ulay is 40 years young this year and to celebrate they have given the range a striking new look . |
| 19 | Tabkay says he does n't feel he has given anything up to be a Buddhist monk . |
| 20 | And then they sent me a questionnaire saying they understood that he 'd he 'd given my address , and was he res , was he still resident ? |
| 21 | Oh I 've don that that 's alright I mean she 's given us |
| 22 | Okay so you 've given you 've given us erm the same company as erm that mm that may present a problem with us . |
| 23 | You 'll believe I 've given in |
| 24 | We just need time to think , and if that involves letting Jahsaxa believe we 've given in , then so be it . ’ |
| 25 | The only mandate that most electors consider they have given to newly-elected Members of Parliament is to support the party and its leader ; certainly , the Prime Minister expects , and usually gets , the support of the mass of the parliamentary majority party and the entire hundred or so members of the Government that is formed . |
| 26 | Oh yes , yes I do believe he 's given Andrew a pot to take home . |
| 27 | Let us give thanks for the progress made in scientific research , for the luxuries and comforts it has given us , for the assistance in curing disease , with storing information and with improving communications . |
| 28 | I mean we had given to us our friends , mad on radios |
| 29 | It can not be a simple illusion for you to maintain , when you know you 've given yourself many times before . ’ |
| 30 | I can write , you know you 've given them middle names , you know , that suitable middle names |