Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [noun sg] have given " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not only that my grandmother had given birth to and brought up eight children , and with the help of a Mrs Pipkin ( whose wages were ten shillings a week and an egg ) run a large house for many years ; there was the shop , and shops in those days were by no means labour-saving . |
| 2 | He did not know that her experience had given her great strength of feeling . |
| 3 | This may not appear surprising ; it was certainly a serious drawback for Mary as queen that her upbringing had given her only second-hand knowledge of her country . |
| 4 | He told Mrs Edwards that her son had given his life in the service of humanity . |
| 5 | She has had published various writings on comparative education and language teaching/learning , and writes that her career has given her great satisfaction . |
| 6 | She seemed embarrassed and muttered that her mother had given Terry the photograph , but before she said any more Mrs Redmond began to ask Joe about the war news . |
| 7 | So you believe either that Americans are prone to think conspiratorially or that their government has given them a lot of unbelievable explanations for incredible conduct . |
| 8 | ‘ The reality , however , is that his Government has given the bombers ' political wing the right to be in the council chamber . ’ |
| 9 | In an address to the Pakistani National Assembly and Senate in December 1985 President Zia formally denied that his country had given any bases to the United States . |
| 10 | During the game the FRAMPTON ROVERS full back heard over the tannoy that his wife had given birth to a healthy baby boy . |
| 11 | He also denied that his wife had given him any details of who she was supposed to be meeting at TVL at the time of the party . |
| 12 | Any way he had the money that his dad had given him . |
| 13 | You said that his estate had given Gibson permission to use Jimi 's signature . |
| 14 | He was disappointed , too , that his father had given up artistic ideals in the pursuit of money . |
| 15 | It was also believed that Menelik visited his father Solomon , and on his departure contrived to substitute a copy of the Ark of the Covenant that his father had given him for the original , which he then carried off to Aksum . |
| 16 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 17 | The reason for writing history essays is not that your teacher has given you a deadline and you are running out of excuses . |
| 18 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 19 | I have found great relief from back pain , my tension and worry is very much reduced , and my doctor has given up even taking my blood pressure . |
| 20 | Joyce and his kind had given the Communists a ready argument for enlisting working-class Jews in an anti-Fascist crusade . |
| 21 | Professor de Bono , there are well-established scales , particularly in the States , measuring long term stress and anxiety that we can use in rehabilitated patients to demonstrate that not only have the cardiologists given them years , but Doctor Bethell and his team have given them quality . |
| 22 | Sir Colin Marshall , BA 's chairman , said last night : ‘ We are delighted that Secretary Pena and his team have given us the opportunity to offer our customers the facility to travel on a global network with simplified booking and check-in procedures . ’ |
| 23 | Evangelically he strove , even if his Archdeacon had given up . |
| 24 | But it was a moment or so before Agnes obeyed and when she did her voice was stiff as she said , ‘ And your son has given her a — ’ How was she to put it ? |
| 25 | ‘ I know , ’ said Henry , ‘ and I am sorry to bother you at this time of night but my client has given me to understand that this is when you would be available . |
| 26 | He went to Rose too , but her mother had given him any there were . |
| 27 | He had asked to be transferred , but his club had given him notice of retention and refused to release him . |
| 28 | Stair , who usually ignored Neil since his brother had given up his privileged life and become an East End doctor , occasionally felt that he had some sort of duty to him ; he was , after all , his heir . |
| 29 | Courtney 's canoeists with ten Folbots ( see diagram p. 25 ) were the first of what became the Special Boat Section , formed after their leader had given a practical demonstration of the canoe 's military potential , a potential doubted by even the adventurous characters in Combined Operations headquarters until Courtney paddled out one summer night in 1940 to a carrier ship moored in the Clyde . |
| 30 | Lieutenant Stapleton had managed to recognize Louise without too much trouble , though her appearance had given him a bit of a surprise . |