Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] have given " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had almost forgotten herself by walking to the big front door , and giggled inwardly at the shock that she would have given Mrs Parker if she had done so . |
| 2 | The fact that a deceased 's widow would have given up work to start a family but for the deceased 's death is not a matter to be taken into account so as to increase her dependency on the deceased from the date that she would have given up work ( Malone v Rowan [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 402 ) . |
| 3 | The last thought that flittered across her mind before she slept was that she would have given everything she possessed , sold her immortal soul , for Michele to have loved her as the Lion of Venice had loved his Lucia . |
| 4 | Because she was only doing it to protect herself , to hide the real truth — which was that she 'd have given anything to simply thrown herself into his arms . |
| 5 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 6 | It never ceased to amaze her that she should have given birth to such tall children . |
| 7 | She knows that and the statistics are at least available from the Library but not with the precision that she could have given if she had chosen to give them to the House . |
| 8 | ‘ Although I must say , Julie , ’ she added , throwing her briefcase down on to a nearby chair , ‘ I do think that you might have given me the ‘ Gypsy 's Warning ’ before I left for work today ! ’ |
| 9 | While the logic of Black 's view has been widely accepted , in practice many empirical studies have used some form of rate of return , although they may have given it another name . |
| 10 | However , it seems likely that they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation since it merely requires a local authority to provide sewerage wherever it can but within the bounds of reason and by no means universally . |
| 11 | I think that he may have given her the choice . |
| 12 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 13 | The judge applied a multiplier of 12 years ; and he said that he would have given a multiplier of ten , but he gave 12 to protect against the possibility of future inflation . |
| 14 | Louis examined Trent with less emotion than he would have given a sandwich . |
| 15 | But he must have been thinking something and I would have given anything to know what it was . |
| 16 | Vecchi was certainly the key to this whole set-up , and I 'd have given plenty for half-an-hour 's peaceful talk with him . |
| 17 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 18 | I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’ |
| 19 | When she was hurt she put herself out of reach ; Caro knew that by now , and she would have given a lot to undo the conversation . |
| 20 | And then immediately wondered if she should have given a more positive reply . |
| 21 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 22 | I wondered if we should have given him something for his information , but he seemed too dignified . |
| 23 | And erm if they could have given us a proper explanation why they 'd gone back and prove us wrong them fair enough . |
| 24 | Although it might be useful cos they might have given I suppose might n't they ? |
| 25 | ‘ I had n't hit the wickets for a while and I was n't going to throw it because it was a rather tense moment and it would have given away at least one run if I had missed ’ Rhodes recalled . |
| 26 | She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure . |
| 27 | Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single . |
| 28 | Mrs Westaway is usually very good at keeping him under control , but he must have given her the slip somehow . |
| 29 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 30 | I wanted her to have an abortion because it would have given us more time to get ourselves sorted out and get our life going together before bringing another person into it . |