Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [verb] give " in BNC.

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1 The Foreign Office drafted and sent a personal reply form Churchill that may have given the Shah way amusement as well as comfort " … while we do not interfere in Persian politics we should be very sorry to see the Shah driven out .
2 There is the danger that it will verge on unmixed eulogy , a veritable paean of praise , owing to an embarrassing lack of material for even the mildest fault-finding that might serve to give it an edge .
3 They were both straining to reach , leaning forward as far as they could , agonisingly aware that the door and its ring handle that might have given them some leverage were out of their reach , when another sound fell on their ears .
4 Town should have been two or three up … but Ipswich went back in front thanks to a John Wark penalty justice was done near the end when Town won themselves a penalty … and what do you reckon was going through Paul Bodin 's mind … the man who missed the penalty that could have given wales a world cup place was on the spot again …
5 Now is it only K X that could have given me that ?
6 Without economic revival , the Conservatives have been hard-pressed to identify a single reason that would justify giving them another five years in office .
7 That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe .
8 But this time there would be a complete novelty , and one that would have given the most strongly anti-Marian pause .
9 The British government has backed down under pressure from the House of Lords over a controversial proposal that would have given the Secretary of State for Education formal responsibility for the way in which universities are run ( see Nature 362 , 275 ; 1993 ) .
10 Premier League chairman Sir John Quinton , who will also attend the talks , made ‘ final offer ’ noises last Friday when Taylor rejected a deal that would have given the PFA 5pc or a minimum of £1m from future revenue .
11 Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much
12 It was a good contest that will have given the England team manager Geoff Cooke at least one hint about filling the vacant places in his training squad for Lanzarote in the new year .
13 It seems fitting that a film about everlasting childhood should be raising money that will help give children a chance of life beyond childhood .
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