Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] given [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have not given way to Opposition Members — |
| 2 | For the parent , the same phrase means the inverse : I have not given birth to the monster which my upbringing and socialisation led me to believe I 'd had , but to a normal member of the human species as I now define it . |
| 3 | ‘ I have ofttimes given thought to doing that — ’ he told her wonderingly ‘ — to that and other things . ’ |
| 4 | If you have already given thought to your self-assessment and how well your qualifications match the job you will make a better showing on the form than if you have not bothered . |
| 5 | For the clinical and educational professions ( and the lay notions which derive their values from them ) , their very practice makes it clear what fact it is that you ‘ come to terms ’ with : you have not given birth to a member of the human species as we define it , and to which we allocate certain rights and social roles , but to an object of pathology — a ‘ monster ’ , to use a technical term employed in medical anatomy . |
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