Example sentences of "had [adv] give [art] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1	It was true : she had not given a thought to Gazzer .
2	‘ I wish you had not given the money to the Moslems . ’
3	‘ Love apples , ’ she had said to Mark , and the words ‘ love apple ’ had somehow given a name to the district , strange and different as it was from the rest of the parish which lay over the other side of the main road , far from the railway line .
4	The sovereign people had given de Gaulle a vote of confidence , but they had also given a mandate to parties which opposed him .
5	Doone gave me a sorrowful stare , but I had n't given a thought to his wanting secrecy .
6	Her heart sank ; she had been so intent on trying to score off him that she had n't given a thought to what her careless words could do to the understanding that had seemed to be developing between them .
7	And as she pushed open the forest-green doors of Woodline Design she realised with surprise that she had n't given a thought to Max for some considerable time .
8	She had n't given a thought to her lack of coif ; her mind was too occupied with trying to think of an excuse for remaining in her gown , and failing dismally .
9	The French plait she wore was fine for everyday , but she had n't given a thought to the more social occasions .
10	This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention .

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