Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was more modest than I 'd given him credit for . |
| 2 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 3 | On top of all that Copper has always had a dust allergy and he got very congested so we had to give him powders to keep his lungs clear . |
| 4 | I was drug-free , like , so they had to give me them back . |
| 5 | Yeah , yeah six minutes past the hour so there , yeah , so they kept giving you doubts , now if you 're getting on this train make sure you get out at Lemington , so at about twenty past twelve , the twelve six went out from platform eleven , why , cos that will upset everything then , by , few of the trains kept coming round , then they said were very sorry but the Shrewsbury train will come in at platform ten that 's where we 're all waiting , so the ready train be outside somewhere , so , that came in just as the , the twelve , six went out about twenty past twelve these in and this girl got up so we said do n't get on this , you 'll never get to Birmingham you get on here , wait until we get on we said , cos they changed the train , oh she was getting all worked up , she come from Middlesborough , well I said well , well , anyway , we said no , there , there 's no trains for university no , nobody will be going at the right time will they ? |
| 6 | Blast , I 'd forgotten all about that little oddity , although it did give me pause at the time . |
| 7 | Hazel was beginning to feel that all would be well and that Bigwig had more sense than he had given him credit for , when Fiver sat up on his hind legs , cleaned his face with his paws and then , for the first time , looked directly at him . |
| 8 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 9 | His anger was real but so continuously felt that once he had given it adequate ( in his own mind ) expression , it ceased to modify his actions . |
| 10 | Whenever I smiled , he smiled back happily as if I 'd given him something . |
| 11 | Patterson 's eyes flickered as if I 'd given him a straw to grasp , but I pressed on . |
| 12 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 13 | If I tried to give it more than one one word at a time it falls over and core dumps . |
| 14 | You would be very cross if I stopped giving it . ’ |
| 15 | Hugo Brassard looked as if someone had given him a present . |
| 16 | And gradually the school declined , until she had to give it up and retire to end her days in the white cottage with the inevitable cat as her only companion . |
| 17 | Then , if she 'd given him a good time and he was a collaborator , he might not report her . |
| 18 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 19 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 20 | If she wanted to give it away for nothing then she would . |
| 21 | Lewis felt ‘ as if you had given me a bottle of champagne … |
| 22 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |
| 23 | Roger I 'd 've given it you a lot quicker if you 'd given me a list of jobs to work on . |
| 24 | ‘ And , if you 'd given me the chance to finish , you would also have heard me specify ‘ for the general collection ’ . |
| 25 | It would n't have surprised me if you 'd given me the boot there and then . |
| 26 | We 'd have mixed appetites if you 'd given it any thought . |
| 27 | Now I , that sounds like a cancel of despair , at least coming from , fo , from your view point , if there 's nothing to be said to dissuade people , and I 'm sure you could if you wanted to give us horror stories , and scare stories |
| 28 | But next to the Dance Hall if we 'd given them the licence to ha turn the cinema into a Dance Hall , there was this little old boy who lived just the other side of the road , in an old cottage , and he was over eighty . |
| 29 | This undramatic release of large volumes of lava , would , if one had to give it a name , probably best be described as a Hawaiian-type eruption . |
| 30 | ‘ I think it would have been brilliant if they 'd given him more of a chance and if he 'd given a bit more . |