Example sentences of "but [pron] have give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about those sheep , Seb , they 're as snug as bugs in a rug out there , but I 've given them some more hay , just in case . |
2 | I used to follow a bit but I had to give it up . |
3 | You were never entirely safe from prying fingers in Chinatown , but I had to give it my best shot . |
4 | He was sure I was going to be sent to Siberia but I 'd given him all my film and all the pictures that I 'd taken already . |
5 | But I have given her up , and in any case she has meant nothing to me for years . ’ |
6 | if that 's not her role , but you 've given her that role . |
7 | They 've all been joining in singing a Christmas carol but you have given me an idea for your present but you 'll have to hurry though - it 's Christmas Eve . |
8 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
9 | But she had given him neither an address nor a telephone number ; and the complexities of finding either had posed rather too much of a problem on a transatlantic line . |
10 | But she had given it little thought during this time with Fernando . |
11 | I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’ |
12 | but she 's given me some deep cream , she says these spasms she |
13 | But we 've given him a thorough going over and I 'm sure it 's nothing more serious than a mild concussion . |
14 | ‘ As Roman Catholics , but we 've given it up . ’ |
15 | But they had given him photographs . |
16 | They put in my real balance which was something like £7.50 — but they 'd given me their stamp . |
17 | The RAF says the Russians are in one of the worst possible places in the world for a rescue but they have to give it a try . |
18 | The RAF says the Russians are in one of the worst possible places in the world for a rescue but they have to give it a try . |
19 | But he had given it all up and returned to the business world as a marketing executive . |
20 | Erm but he 'd given me this number , Glen about Portakabins . |
21 | He 'd applied to join the police in his final year at university ; it had been an unfashionable thing to do but he 'd given it a lot of careful thought . |
22 | But he 's given it to you in two different types of notation , and you need to know both . |
23 | That was a good tackle but he 's given it straight to Pearce . |
24 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
25 | 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 ) . |
26 | But it 's given you a spreadsheet it takes ages to load it |