Example sentences of "she [vb mod] [verb] given " in BNC.

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1 If your employee is not entitled to SMP , you need to complete form SMP1 and give it to her together with any maternity certificate which she may have given you .
2 She must have given Iain some idea of the boy 's background , for he did n't ask her who he was , just that explosive question — ‘ Why ? ’
3 She must have given it straight to Charles . ’
4 And then immediately wondered if she should have given a more positive reply .
5 ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival .
6 It never ceased to amaze her that she should have given birth to such tall children .
7 She should have given Lily a cuddle .
8 She owed us courtesy : she was a servant , she should have given in her notice . ’
9 He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first .
10 I mean she , actually she might have given us .
11 She could have given you a bit more room . ’
12 ‘ Anyway , she could have given you the study downstairs , ’ continued Hilda .
13 She knows that and the statistics are at least available from the Library but not with the precision that she could have given if she had chosen to give them to the House .
14 And you could have told the girl on switchboard to remind me — she 'd have given me the message , I assure you . ’
15 And what 's more , if she 'd been about in your time , instead of that man , nice little Neville Chamberlain , she 'd have given your old Hitler a few right-handers below the belt ; and seen to it that Britain was armed to the teeth , with an airforce twice the size of the Luftwaffe instead of a few old men with pitch forks and a handful of plucky chaps like yourself to keep the Nazis out .
16 She 'd have given both arms to have avoided even meeting the blasted man .
17 Weary already from the long drive north , she 'd have given almost anything to simply fold herself into its comfortable depths and fall asleep .
18 Because she was only doing it to protect herself , to hide the real truth — which was that she 'd have given anything to simply thrown herself into his arms .
19 Right now she 'd have given the nightclub to anyone who could restore calm to a pulse which had gone completely haywire and a brain in danger of short-circuiting .
20 She would have given anything for a bath , but that was impossible .
21 She lavished upon them the sort of affection she would have given to her family had there been any .
22 Delaney had , since his young wife , Pam , who always worried stiff at his parachuting , had died underneath a juggernaut , with the son she would have given life to in one month 's time .
23 She would have given anything to weep until she was sick , but the pain was still there to stop her .
24 Everyone said how lucky she was to have snared such a prize as the marquis , but she would have given anything to have changed places with Mary Waters , her maid , who was fat , plain and single .
25 Had he not assumed the initiative it was feasible she would have given a reason to keep them out .
26 She would have given herself to a man for whom she was nothing but another short-term conquest , and in a year , or six months , or however long it took him to tire of her , she would have found herself alone again .
27 Without realizing I was lucky that her hands were stuck in the dough she w she would have given me a thick ear you know for for for doing that .
28 Right at this moment she would have given anything for a sight of Shirley and endured her fussing with pleasure .
29 She would have given anything for a glimpse of the moon that had been shining when she was here before , but it was not there , and as the knocking gathered strength she realised she would have to go down .
30 She had almost forgotten herself by walking to the big front door , and giggled inwardly at the shock that she would have given Mrs Parker if she had done so .
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