Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His European contacts have given him ideas — such as the Dutch government 's research projects to look into the specific health needs of the country 's future . |
| 2 | She has suffered much in the last decade but that experience has given her the inner fortitude to shoulder the emotional burden she must carry on the next stage of her life 's journey . |
| 3 | Those long years in junior command had given him an intimacy with the poilu denied to most of the other French chiefs , and because of his low rank in 1914 he knew — unlike Haig and Joffre — very well what wounded men looked like . |
| 4 | Etienne de Vignolles , known by the name of La Hire which his Burgundian enemies had given him , brought off a spectacular stroke with the capture of Château-Gaillard , on the river Seine , in 1430 , while in the following year Ambroise de Lore and his band travelled across much of Normandy to attack a fair near Caen , before retreating in good order with their prisoners . |
| 5 | ‘ This result of this case has given us hope and will give us confidence in bringing more investigations to the fore . |
| 6 | ‘ This Budget has given me no confidence to spend whatsoever , ’ Mr Ingram said . |
| 7 | The pain did , in fact , return the next day , but this experience had given me hope so I persevered with the lessons and now I am free of the pain for at least 95 per cent of the time . |
| 8 | Pride in the nation 's system of government , once shared by all , has degenerated into complacency about its superiority , believed only by the few who exercise the near despotic powers that its outmoded forms have given them . |
| 9 | Turned out that some well-meaning wally had given it a tankful of unleaded two-star . |
| 10 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
| 11 | He saw how every little niggling thing old Andy had given him to do counted — how one developed his muscle , another his eye , a third his judgement of time and distance ; how each hour he spent working with the foremast hands taught him to know and understand them better against the day when such men as they were would look to him for guidance . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've both been working so hard that this break has given us the opportunity for a second honeymoon , ’ he told her smoothly . |
| 13 | As they skirted the smooth lawns on the way back to the car park Merrill dropped behind to walk with Sam who was now complacently asserting that all this exercise had given him an appetite for dinner . |
| 14 | I hope this article has given you some insight into what it 's like to be on the receiving end of your cichlid queries . |
| 15 | This place has given me my first identity really . |
| 16 | The bright day was ruined , and the peace that the last few weeks had given her shattered . |
| 17 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given us that opportunity . |
| 18 | She wore no jewellery , except a gold and platinum twisted ring that some friend had given her , and the heavy signet ring , perhaps it had been her father 's , that weighted one hand . |
| 19 | This development has given us the opportunity to organise our business to focus again on the changing needs of our customers . |
| 20 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 21 | Other reports said up to a dozen wanted people had given themselves up in Tulkarm . |
| 22 | In dedicating our book to six grandmothers in our own families , we mark the special inspiration which each in different ways has given us . |
| 23 | ‘ They say some man has given me a disease . |
| 24 | The French government have given them strong support , Britain , along with West Germany and the USA , is still anxious to keep the mining options open , however — WWF News International . |
| 25 | ‘ The public want to see the courts pass sentences that are just and to do this the courts must use the powers this Government has given them . |
| 26 | Prof Biddle , of Hertford College , Oxford , said : ‘ What this excavation has given us is the idea of scale . |
| 27 | This railway has given me much pleasure . |
| 28 | I think this knee has given me early retirement . |
| 29 | ‘ My first priority is to feed my wife and two children , but the German win has given me respite of about 13 months to consider medals rather than money . |
| 30 | As he laid the two pictures aside with the first one he felt that it was a farewell — a farewell to his youth , his youth and the greatest happiness that this youth had given him . |