Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Turned out that some well-meaning wally had given it a tankful of unleaded two-star . |
| 3 | I am glad that my hon. Friend has given us that opportunity . |
| 4 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps this operation would be the last , perhaps his Western masters would finally decide that the old workhorse had given his best and deserved to be put out in rich pastures . |
| 8 | But this fighter sheered-off without firing a shot , after our rear gunner had given it several short bursts . |
| 9 | After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life . |
| 10 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary has given them the figures on investment in this country and they are rather good . |
| 11 | Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months ! |
| 12 | Despite the cloak of respectability official backing has given it , the Premier League seems unable to reach consensus or take corporate decisions . |
| 13 | It was reported on July 1 that the Japanese government had given its official approval for the use of the country 's old imperial hymn — Kimi ga Yo ( " Your majesty 's reign " ) — as the Japanese national anthem , despite the song 's past association with the period of Japanese military expansionism . |
| 14 | Napoleon III in his capacity as sovereign had great personal dignity as well as charm , but as an individual his knowledge of human beings and their behaviour set him apart from other European monarchs , whose more cloistered and conventional upbringing had given them a less perceptive outlook on people . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , a tiny smile did play round his features when he introduced bras and kets and one had the feeling that this little joke had given him as much pleasure as anything . |
| 16 | ‘ Using natural gas has given us the flexibility to run domestic heating from the same boilers , plus leaving the opportunity to heat other outlying areas of the castle at a later stage . ’ |
| 17 | To live as a white man on land a white man has given you . |
| 18 | Her unique status had given her unusual confidence for a Tiller . |
| 19 | In recognition of the support which the majority of the Jewish aristocracy had given him , Antiochus III tried to help his new subjects . |
| 20 | Their shared interests and their long , friendly relationship had given them a complete understanding of each other 's character , and this finally developed , after their wedding , into a love that nothing could destroy . |
| 21 | His Excellency has been one of the best Ambassadors Spain has ever sent us , and his very dear wife has given him so much support . |
| 22 | The onward march of technological progress has given us the user-friendly sealed cassette , much more difficult to damage or tamper with — or to intervene in ( and to recreate on modern machines ) . |
| 23 | Their great rarity has given them a special value in times past , so that they have often escaped the indifference and persecution that has befallen the commonplace moggies . |
| 24 | This was the same evening on which Johnson wryly said that now the Hanoverian King had given him a pension , he could hardly drink Stuart health with the wine thus bought . |
| 25 | That point applies to nurses at the basic level , but it is even more important when they become a more valuable resource after their post-basic education has given them the ability to prescribe . |
| 26 | The long silence had given her time to pull herself together . |
| 27 | In a world of fast transport and high mobility , working for an international company has given me much opportunity to travel , particularly in europe , the United States and the Far East . |
| 28 | And our hero in his turn , felt despondent and fearful , for his little grey mentor had given him no instructions for this eventuality . |
| 29 | Had he worried about the possibility of atomic warfare when he was attempting to split the atom , he would never have gone on ; and we would have lost the many benefits nuclear physics has given us , such as freely available power and treatment of disease . |
| 30 | The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue , |