Example sentences of "that [pron] have [adv] given " in BNC.

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1 In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 .
2 Okay is there anybody else that you would need to talk to about the recommendations that I 've just given to you ?
3 It 's just that I 've never given the matter much thought .
4 Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the
5 I think that this is important — I am sure that the House will agree that this is important and that I should explain the background to the answer that I have previously given .
6 I think that I have already given way a reasonable number of times .
7 The answer to the hon. Gentleman 's question about the Ministry is the one that I have just given .
8 It certainly has no basis in the figures that I have just given him in answer to his question .
9 The figures in the article were not those that I have ever given to the House .
10 And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before .
11 Her heart sank ; she had been so intent on trying to score off him that she had n't given a thought to what her careless words could do to the understanding that had seemed to be developing between them .
12 And as she pushed open the forest-green doors of Woodline Design she realised with surprise that she had n't given a thought to Max for some considerable time .
13 She 'd been so preoccupied with first the tragedy , and then her concern for the twins ' welfare , that she had n't given any thought to the future .
14 In her confusion , as she continued the preparations for the meal , she looked over to him to ascertain that she had not given offence .
15 He added that she had not given him her London address .
16 ‘ I think that you had better go , ’ Sally-Anne said — and she remembered with pride that she had not given an inch , had shown no emotion as her life had crumbled around her .
17 She had been so worried that she had not given one thought to the fact that she was here in her nightdress with Felipe standing looking down at her .
18 She said that she had nearly given up the idea , but ‘ every time she met a cripple her conscience smote her ’ .
19 ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret .
20 It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ?
21 Her voice trailed away as she realised , from the other woman 's beaming smile of relief , that she 'd inadvertently given her hostess quite the wrong impression .
22 I 'm supposed to think that you 've just given me the OK . ’
23 Now if we can go back to the cart that you 've kindly given
24 Erm but erm that 's a , a very important point and er just remember that you have actually given the money to the other partner , technically in terms of tax anyway , and er that er can , can have an affect on things .
25 Some of you may not know that you have recently given me two lovely present , the first , for my birthday , being a beautiful flower arrangement which gave me great pleasure , particularly as I live in the centre of London and my nearest ‘ garden ’ is Regent 's Park !
26 We must also recognise that we have not given them the support and management guidance on practical recruitment that they , as volunteers , need .
27 The hon. Gentleman must recognise that we have not given a commitment to establish a funding council : we simply gave a commitment to provide powers for the Secretary of State to do so .
28 ‘ I am pleased the Court has upheld the interpretation of Section 79 that we have always given to it , and that the section , which had been introduced at our request , had been correctly framed to allow for the flexible exercise of delegated powers . ’
29 It is entirely coincidence that we have now given up pies for Lent .
30 Dorothy explained that they had n't given her any money ; she was here as a reporter for a journal whose name they knew ; her membership of the feminist abortion campaign to which PopCon had just made a large grant was irrelevant to the present discussion ; she was just doing her job .
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