Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd not have given you the task otherwise ! ’ |
| 2 | She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’ |
| 3 | These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . |
| 4 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 5 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 6 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 7 | I would n't have given you the mark for covered . |
| 8 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |