Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | And life was even tougher when I had to give up my job to care for Gran — ’ |
| 2 | At San Vicente Hospital , when I went to give birth , I met a young woman who had been coerced and she only had three children . |
| 3 | Needing the number of a firm in Guildford ( Candy Domestic Equipment ) I had waited for five minutes for the inquiry people to answer , been cut short when I attempted to give the address and then handed out two minutes of silence . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had sometimes called to find him absent and his mother 's explanation , when she deigned to give one , unconvincing . |
| 6 | There always had been these moments between them when she had to give way , against reason , against sense : he simply had to win . |
| 7 | She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself . |
| 8 | Sally had a great capacity for love and a down-to-earth quality that Harriet presumed was a throw-back to her early upbringing and which had been honed and tested in the fire when she had given birth to — and kept — an illegitimate son in the days when illegitimacy was still a scandal . |
| 9 | Oh I did n't know she she really when she said give it some . |
| 10 | Charles became quite hopeful again when she promised to give the matter her attention the very next morning . |
| 11 | Endless afternoon teas when we discussed giving mugs of hot chocolate to needy children at Christmas time or whose turn it was to do the flowers in the Maternity Hospital . |
| 12 | Since Neath were without five of their Welsh squad members , including their inspirational leader Kevin Phillips , when something had to give it was the home side . |
| 13 | He was trying , insanely , to preserve everyone in this family in just the state in which he had first encountered them , when they had given him that delightful sense of secure , harmonious , integrated living . |
| 14 | In addition to the squalor , residents suffered from prejudice when they had to give a Springtown address . |
| 15 | Santa Clause 's reindeer brought an entire city centre to a standstill when they arrived to give children a treat before Christmas . |
| 16 | The failure of the pope to pronounce on this matter until 798 meant a dangerous delay for Coenwulf and was probably a factor in his desire for an archbishopric at London , but the papal judgement when it came gave him a free hand and made London as an archiepiscopal see dispensable . |
| 17 | When he had given the wounded the water , he made a second trip . |
| 18 | She watched very carefully and did exactly as he did except that when he had given two low bows she did ‘ two quick bobs ’ . |
| 19 | When he had given her the keys and the egg , and had left her , she first put the egg away with great care , and then examined the house , and at last went into the forbidden room . |
| 20 | If asked , Captain Rudakov would not have been able to recall an occasion when he had given ground , important or trivial , to Major Kypov . |
| 21 | When he had given his orders and they were alone he said : ‘ You were rough on her , Phyllis . ’ |
| 22 | The district judge was undoubtedly aware of it , since it features in his lengthy rehearsal of the arguments , but he did not refer to it when he came to give reasons for his ruling , which was based exclusively on an examination of the merits . |
| 23 | Initially Dr. D. was in favour of leaving W. where she was , but he changed his mind when he came to give evidence . |
| 24 | There was also Alec , a prison officer from Wormwood Scrubs ( when he 'd given his address and next of kin on a previous camp everyone had thought he was kidding ) ; Ken , who to everyone 's delight turned up with a guitar ( were we really going to sit round a campfire singing ? ) ; and David , an aircraft engineer who after fifteen years in the Scouts could ‘ do wonderful things with ropes ’ . |
| 25 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 26 | When he spoke to give his name , address and date of birth his speech was slurred and indistinct . |
| 27 | When he refused to give this information , he was arrested ‘ for failing to give his name and address ’ . |
| 28 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |