Example sentences of "would [vb infin] give [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No but you were saying before that had it worked it would 've given them a problem . |
| 2 | And as a special treat we have lined up jokes from the last people you would expect to give you a laugh , ranging from the dreaded tax inspector to an undertaker ! |
| 3 | I 'm having two bridesmaids , aged five and six at my wedding and would like to give them a present after the event . |
| 4 | If your wife had answered I would have given her a load of old cods . |
| 5 | The matron of a residential home , talking about a doctor who she felt was reluctant to visit said it would have been helpful if the person who died had been visited more often : ‘ It would have given her a lot more comfort and the staff a lot more confidence . ’ |
| 6 | Her arrangement with CBS would have given her a 100-per-cent shareholding in her own company . |
| 7 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 8 | Liz would have given me a thermos and a book . |
| 9 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |
| 10 | Trailing 6-3 , Cardiff won a last-chance scrum on the Swansea line and the players pressured Hall into running the ball rather than going for a drop goal which would have given them a draw . |
| 11 | Prior to this you would have given us a phone call okay ? |
| 12 | It would have given us a base at least to operate from , a place where we could be contacted , and where we might even meet some of our fellow producers . |
| 13 | For example , regular monthly contribution of £30 for 15 years from August , 1976 , would have given you a return of £19,520 compared with a return of £10,261 in a building society higher rate account . |
| 14 | I can see that this would have given you a problem finding a rhyme for ‘ by ’ , but you should have tried a bit harder . |
| 15 | The town of Knossos had reached a size of not less than 45 hectares by the time its first temple was built in 1930 BC , which would have given it a population of 12,000–18,000 . |
| 16 | I should have thought that , in the new found spirit of glasnost in the Tory Government , with public officials being required to give direct answers , the Prime Minister would hasten to give me a reply . |