Example sentences of "have give [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His short visit has given him much information about the courses but , more importantly , he now has an intimate feeling of how these young men and women , drawn from all walks of life , are trained . |
| 2 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 3 | In the recent cup tie at Stradey Park I was saddened to see their lack of commitment , but a recent big win at Newport has given them more confidence and I think that we should watch out for them next season . |
| 4 | We 'd have mixed appetites if you 'd given it any thought . |
| 5 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |
| 6 | One may presume that the standard of living of both these groups was above the national average , and that this could have given them better resistance to disease than their poorer neighbours . |
| 7 | ‘ But there was nothing untoward going on that could have given anyone any offence . ’ |
| 8 | That would have given it around 90% of seats in the lower house and , since the opposition would never accept that prospect , the bill seemed destined for the dustbin . |
| 9 | Mr Jarvis , who spent £40m expanding the chain on the Continent in recent years , said the decision followed Whitbread 's inability to negotiate a new exit clause in the franchise agreement which would have given it more protection . |
| 10 | ‘ About that , you will have to give me more details , ’ she said calmly , gazing at my face . |
| 11 | The commanding officer had given them more details of the crash and assured them that Whitey would have died quickly , although his body was badly burned . |
| 12 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 13 | It was a faery world , a faery past , and for many , many years Father McGiff had given it neither thought nor tongue . |
| 14 | But she had given it little thought during this time with Fernando . |
| 15 | The British Employers ' Confederation , for example , had no strong views on the matter , the NFOAPA vaguely opposed compulsory retirement , and only the Fabian Society had given it much thought : they proposed an interesting ‘ double-decker ’ scheme , involving payment of 10s 0d per week as in the existing system , and ‘ adequate ’ pensions on retirement . |
| 16 | It does nothing useful , despite what you may think about screen saving , but it 's given me more entertainment watching it than any amount of television soaps — Johnny even celebrates major holidays at the right time ( assuming your PC 's clock is set correctly , of course ) . |