Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] have give " in BNC.

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1 The only mandate that most electors consider they have given to newly-elected Members of Parliament is to support the party and its leader ; certainly , the Prime Minister expects , and usually gets , the support of the mass of the parliamentary majority party and the entire hundred or so members of the Government that is formed .
2 As we 've just heard in the headlines Nottinghamshire police have taken the unusual step of releasing a recording of a girl they believe has made at least a dozen calls claiming she 's given birth .
3 The aetiology of chronic idiopathic constipation is uncertain , and attempts to cure it have given poor results .
4 Until last week , she worked as a cleaner at the local community centre , but colleagues say she 'd given up the job to spend more time with her sick mother .
5 In this country only lip-service is paid to the handicapped : A few concrete ramps and most councils think they have given the earth .
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