Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] [adv] give " 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 | I think about it a hell of a lot you know , not with morbid fascination but because everything that I went through gave me an inner strength and I am frightened to lose it . |
| 3 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 4 | I 'm just sorry that I did n't give it to you sooner . |
| 5 | ‘ When I look back on 1992 I know that I did n't give 100 per cent , ’ Capriati confessed . |
| 6 | ‘ I told him that I did n't give a rat 's arse , and that I was doing the best I could . ’ |
| 7 | I have , and I you know , there 's been many a day I 've thought cor I 'm really glad I 'm in , I 'm really glad that I did n't give , giving up day and there 's been days when I thought christ how the hell did you get through that day |
| 8 | I hope that I did not give the impression that a Bill could be amended in any way at all as that is not so . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In her confusion , as she continued the preparations for the meal , she looked over to him to ascertain that she had not given offence . |
| 14 | He added that she had not given him her London address . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She said that she had nearly given up the idea , but ‘ every time she met a cripple her conscience smote her ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 19 | It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 22 | Not that it mattered , she thought ; the truth was that she did n't give a damn about herself . |
| 23 | ‘ You can say that you did n't give her a photograph . ’ |
| 24 | The Treaty of Rome , with the consent of the British people , was given force in this country by our EC Act of 1972 ; Brussels has no power to legislate for us that we did not give it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But it was clear that they had not given the subject much thought , nor did they feel there was any need to . |
| 27 | I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia . |
| 28 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
| 29 | Trade unions began , if slowly and unadventurously , to assert that they did n't give a hoot : their members were not going to run risks they did n't like . |
| 30 | However , the following day , when the floorboards were removed to examine the beam , it was found to be so deeply cracked in two places that they ascribed the fact that it had not given way to a ‘ wonder of [ God 's ] providence ’ . |