Example sentences of "[pron] have give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 2 | I 've given a whole chapter to my constituency . |
| 3 | Erm , so I 'm hoping that that will work , it 's it 's down in the diary for him to do that , and and I 've given a little note about what the Adult School is all about . |
| 4 | However , if a church member asks whether or not it is right for a Christian to be hypnotised , I have to give a negative answer . |
| 5 | I have given a great deal of thought as to how much I should actually tell you about this period and what just to leave to your imagination . |
| 6 | Wordsworth concludes The Prelude with tributes to his sister Dorothy , and to S. T. Coleridge , both of whom , in their different ways , helped him to resolve the personal crisis into which the events of the 1790s had led him , and I have given a short biography of each . |
| 7 | The decision was , I do not doubt , a thoroughly beneficial decision which has given a sensible ambit to powers which Parliament had conferred in a way which good sense would suggest had left them far too restricted . |
| 8 | The possibility of such a merger has now been discounted by the Minister , who has given a solid commitment that no Government of his persuasion would attempt such a merger . |
| 9 | The issue in this case is whether an original lessee , or an intermediate assignee of a lease , who has given a direct covenant to pay the rent and observe the covenants , is released from liability following an agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease under which the lessor takes a surrender of the lease and some of the assignee 's goods in return for releasing the assignee from all claims under the lease ? |
| 10 | She 'd given a false name so he could n't trace her . |
| 11 | Charlie says : ‘ I think it must be very difficult every day to give so much of yourself to so many people — and not feel in a way that , since you 've given a great deal , therefore you deserve love and warmth when you go home . ’ |
| 12 | He recalled how she had given a great deal of help to the group of residents who in 1981 formed Project ‘ 81 — now the Hampshire Centre for Independent Living — which developed a structure to enable disabled people to leave residential care and live in the community . |
| 13 | And she had given a certain name to it , and I ca n't remember what the name was now , something like fiddling , I mean fiddling is too obvious , it was n't that , but it was something like that , an ordinary everyday term like that . |
| 14 | She had to give a flat-warming party . |
| 15 | Along with their tickets the refugees had bought landing permits from the Cuban director of immigration , who had given a personal guarantee that they would face no difficulties entering his country . |
| 16 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
| 17 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 18 | ‘ You have to give a certain deference to her age . ’ |
| 19 | But you have to give a practical performance . |
| 20 | The only down side for the solicitor is that you have to give a free half-hour interview to anyone coming to see you under the scheme , though most firms of solicitors nowadays will give this service in any event . |
| 21 | You have to give a little bit of er credibility there for people not being quite that dim do n't you ? |
| 22 | No one has given a satisfactory answer to that . |
| 23 | And in fact if if if if er we look along this line , at the moment we as I said in my introduction we have two districts or three districts who have expressed support for the principal , and of those of those one has given a clear indication that it would , this might be too , er high a phrase , welcome a new settlement , within its district . |
| 24 | It seems to even out in the long run , although sometimes one has to give a wry smile when a customer dithers over one of ‘ hers ’ and one of ‘ mine ’ — then chooses ‘ hers ’ . |
| 25 | Here we have given a Penitential Service and a Prayer Service with a suggested format for each . |
| 26 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 27 | In so doing , they have given a false picture of Jesus ’ own intention in the use of parables . |
| 28 | Otherwise , they may find that they have given a huge advantage to their competitors , without benefiting sufficiently from the opportunities that have been made available to them . |
| 29 | They have to give a written description of the waste to the collectors , and sign a transfer note for it . |
| 30 | I think one of the great areas of such as system is in teaching young doctors , in training people , and an expert who ca n't tell a tutee why he has given a certain answer is n't really much good as a teacher . |