Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] have given " in BNC.

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1 For instance I have given one which is in the last ten years we have nearly one and half million more people in work than we had ten years ago .
2 So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout .
3 By sheer luck I had given Reuters their biggest news scoop since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 .
4 For the purposes of this chapter I have given the four schools fictitious names .
5 I figured the last interview I 'd given them , right after the bombing of Flight 103 , had probably been the root cause of why my life had been turned inside out , and I was n't looking for any more trouble .
6 I really do appreciate all kindness you have given to me , Jean .
7 It seems to me that the indication you have given on the key diagram to alteration number three for Harrogate Knaresborough is exactly the same as for example the indication given for York and for Harrogate Knaresborough southern on the approved key diagram .
8 I rise to return thanks on behalf of my fellow guests and myself for the honour you have done us , and the pleasure you have given us , by asking us to share in this , your annual occasion .
9 And er the bedroom they 've given me I can see
10 During that journey I had only travelled among the Adoimara , and at Bilen they had given me alarming accounts of the ferocity of the Asaimara in Bahdu .
11 Yes , that was the card he had given to old Jackdaw to post but he really did n't want all this aggravation , he was happy the way he was .
12 In view of the weight he had given to the idea of an aristocratic plot , Edward found his flat reaction to the name of Hamilton quite puzzling .
13 On March 26 Noubir Amaoui , secretary-general of the Democratic Confederation of Labour ( CDT ) — a trade union grouping close to the opposition Socialist Union of Popular Forces ( USFP ) — was arrested at the CDT offices in Casablanca in connection with an interview he had given to the Spanish newspaper El País on March 11 .
14 Mr. Barnes has been attending the general committee meetings and all the members appreciate the interest , help and guidance he has given .
15 ‘ Liz lost a winning I 'd given her on a horse .
16 His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go .
17 It 's not a question I 've given much thought to .
18 I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year .
19 You feel good about the help you 've given perhaps , but you still wish the person would only ring when it 's essential .
20 It was , Be blessings on thee , I mean and may God bless you for the help you 've given me .
21 On behalf of BAIE SCOTLAND , renewed thanks for all the help you have given us by providing such a useful series of seminars .
22 The police , most of whom I knew , because of the great help they had given us when we had been burgled a couple of years earlier , said no , they did n't have the key , and in any case it was the council who must be approached .
23 A huge £50 million has been raised for charity since the race started in 1981 and runners can pat themselves on the back for all the financial help they have given to worthy causes .
24 Half an hour later , I was in a forest eating the bread they had given me .
25 And what he was saying seemed to be in direct conflict to the hurtful reasons for their marriage he had given her on the drawbridge yesterday .
26 She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding .
27 The prominence he had given to instruction in science had evidently made matters worse .
28 The TV star and founder of ChildLine said the article alleged she protected teacher Alex Standish because of help he had given her team in exposing child abuse at Crookham Court boys ' school in Thatcham , near Newbury , Berks .
29 Balliol also agreed to repay Edward for the help he had given in preparing the expedition by handing over to him land worth £2,000 a year to be selected from those parts of Scotland adjacent to England : in effect , the southern counties of Scotland were to be permanently ceded to England .
30 The tsar was wrong to think that he could rely on payment for the help he had given Austria in 1849 .
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