Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] have given " in BNC.
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1 | Apparently in an attempt to deny the accusation , Ahmed al-Zahrani reportedly claimed that he had given Maha Banat 500 Riyals for sexual favours . |
2 | If you tell anyone your Personal Number and that person withdraws money from your account , then the Bank will consider that you have given permission to take money from your account and the Bank will not take any responsibility for the loss . |
3 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
4 | Whilst the law is designed to give succour in times of difficulty to those who do their best , it will show little mercy to those who are at the receiving end of proceedings who can not demonstrate that they have given the highest priority . |
5 | She did n't know if they had given themselves sufficient time to think things over before they married — that was the kind of question her sister Louise asked . |
6 | Well grandma has cos she 's given me a swimsuit . |
7 | It has often been an uphill struggle and one wonders if they have given up . |
8 | Bates also wonders if anyone has given any thought to the glare these lamps give off . |
9 | ‘ When you 've done research on a country for years , you also get a sense of which groups have vested interests or political agendas , who can be trusted and who has given us reliable information , ’ said Smart . |
10 | And you know , you always you er give , gave your number you see and er course some people I believe had an a I believe in later days they 'd given the older numbers out again , I do n't know wh you know , because some people that 've joined since me have got an older number , so I do n't know whether they 've given the ol they were sort of long since run out , you know . |
11 | I think I 'm just gon na go round me girlfriend 's and sleep after she 's given me my food . |
12 | Lost in his thoughts , he hardly realized that he had given up folding the pamphlets . |
13 | When Jenson continues that the reason why the biblical God is called ‘ Father ’ is that the attempt is being made to get away from sexuality , with which women are more naturally to be associated , we may think that he has given the game away ! |
14 | If the council thinks that you have given away or used up savings in order to qualify for , or increase the amount of your benefit they can treat you as still having those savings . |
15 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
16 | ‘ Only the day before , you came barging into the flat , insinuating that I 'd given information to Richard Blake . |
17 | Well I hope that I 've given you enough to get you started on the right tracks . |
18 | ban smoking if you 've given in |
19 | Despite this somewhat unstable basis the Company did quite well until 1630 when trade was dislocated by a famine in Gujerat , and in the next few years its legal position was undermined because Charles I allowed the Courteen family — whose interests in the West Indies had suffered because he had given away their rights in certain islands inadvertently — to trade with India without any regard for the Company 's charter . |
20 | Look I 'll give that to Joan and Joan can give it to you , watch it , you do n't steel , no , no , you do n't take things , you wait till it 's given to you , no I 'm watching you do n't you dare beg at me , do n't you dare , do n't you dare , wait for Joan to give it to you |
21 | ‘ That sounds a lovely idea , ’ she found she had answered before she had given herself time to think further . |
22 | ‘ The record shows that we have given the courts the tools to do the job and that Labour has not supported us . ’ |
23 | But the Collector could see that he had given the order to fire too soon . |
24 | When Derek got the run they all cheered and a reporter commented that they had given him a great welcome , but could not possibly have known the significance of the run . |
25 | He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it . |
26 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
27 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
28 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
29 | These tics , these traits , had become more pronounced since he had given up smoking . |
30 | But I do now sometimes wish that I had given them more time when I did have them . ’ |