Example sentences of "when [pron] had 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 There always had been these moments between them when she had to give way , against reason , against sense : he simply had to win .
3 She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 In addition to the squalor , residents suffered from prejudice when they had to give a Springtown address .
8 When he had given the wounded the water , he made a second trip .
9 She watched very carefully and did exactly as he did except that when he had given two low bows she did ‘ two quick bobs ’ .
10 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 .
11 If asked , Captain Rudakov would not have been able to recall an occasion when he had given ground , important or trivial , to Major Kypov .
12 When he had given his orders and they were alone he said : ‘ You were rough on her , Phyllis . ’
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