Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 3 | I 'm just sorry that I did n't give it to you sooner . |
| 4 | ‘ When I look back on 1992 I know that I did n't give 100 per cent , ’ Capriati confessed . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him that I did n't give a rat 's arse , and that I was doing the best I could . ’ |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In her confusion , as she continued the preparations for the meal , she looked over to him to ascertain that she had not given offence . |
| 13 | He added that she had not given him her London address . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She said that she had nearly given up the idea , but ‘ every time she met a cripple her conscience smote her ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Fortunately for you , ’ she agreed swiftly , having momentarily forgotten that she had deliberately given him the impression that she wanted their affair kept secret . |
| 18 | It crossed Juliet 's mind that she 'd never given him her home number , so how could he know it ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | Not that it mattered , she thought ; the truth was that she did n't give a damn about herself . |
| 22 | ‘ You can say that you did n't give her a photograph . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But it was clear that they had not given the subject much thought , nor did they feel there was any need to . |
| 26 | I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | While the government later indicated that it had merely given drafting assistance , it is abundantly clear that its influence on the Bill was much more than one would normally associate with drafting assistance . |