Example sentences of "you have given [adv] " in BNC.

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1 You feel good about the help you 've given perhaps , but you still wish the person would only ring when it 's essential .
2 JUST WHEN you 'd given up on Italian House , along come more chattering piano breaks and gusty female vocals to drag you back onto your feet .
3 ‘ I told her you 'd given up and gone home .
4 Anyway , I thought you 'd given up the notion of revenge . ’
5 Thought you 'd given up .
6 ‘ The difference is , chérie , ’ Madame replied , ‘ you 'ave given more , much more than you take .
7 They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope .
8 I expect you 'd like a drink , oh of course not , you 've given up . ’
9 But as Mrs Charley says : ‘ When you 've given up holidays and worked on a budget as tight as ours then you have to believe in miracles . ’
10 ‘ Do n't tell me you 've given up being a fashion model ! ’
11 Ah , thank you very much , she said we 're very appre very much appreciate the fact that you 've given up your time to come and talk to our members you see we ca n't afford to pay for really good speakers
12 On my life , ’ he said in a quick , light whisper , ‘ I 'm glad you 've given up thinking I mean to trick you .
13 So you 've given up on the town park idea ?
14 So if you give away a tenth on the start , you 've given nearly half a second per run , and most competitions are either two , three or four runs , cumulative time , so , you know , if you give away a couple of tenths every time at the end of the day you 're going to be a second down .
15 ‘ That 's the worst reason you 've given so far for marrying Mr Edgar , ’ I replied , shocked .
16 It 's this , it 's this figure on here , of , this is what you 've given out as the total of five thousand .
17 I thought you had given up drawing-rooms entirely . ’
18 You have given up your rank of Sergeant to run all over these hills .
19 The good news is that , once you have given up smoking and sufficient time has elapsed for the nicotine to clear your system , your memory and mental ability is likely to be just as good as that of someone who has never smoked .
20 Incidentally a trap here is to feel guilty when you find that you have given up doing the exercises that you so fervently swore you were going to do every day .
21 So , does that mean , since you have given up painting , that you associate painting with stupidity ?
22 Having to explain why you have given up .
23 I addressed myself thus : ‘ All right , you have given up ; but you tried , you did your best ( hollow laughter ) , you are in a mood of religious melancholia .
24 If the council thinks that you have given away or used up savings in order to qualify for , or increase the amount of your benefit they can treat you as still having those savings .
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