Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] give [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The lass is right , she thought — in her place , I would have given much the same answer . |
| 32 | I would have given much to meet him at Elsfield during one of his fleeting visits : indeed there was no one I would have been more interested to meet . |
| 33 | Huy wondered whether that eldest daughter , who worked as Reni 's secretary , had helped him destroy the documents he drew up during Akhenaten 's reign , which would have given such priceless ammunition to his enemies , before turning his attention to the newcomers . |
| 34 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 35 | But though Rolle 's sincerity is not in question , his account would have given many people cause for concern . |
| 36 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 37 | Whilst Britain was genuinely concerned about honouring its debts there was a high mindedness about it which shut out any consideration of alternatives which , by reducing the obligation to maintain the value of sterling , would have given more scope for domestic planning . |
| 38 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 39 | Alfonso was rumoured to have said , ‘ If I had been present at the Creation , I would have given some useful hints for the better arrangement of the Universe . ’ |
| 40 | An independent share valuation would have given these shares a total value of about £50,000 . |
| 41 | ‘ Soon I shall have given enough souls to my Masters . |
| 42 | Later , we shall try to give more substance to the metaphor of " transparency " and " opacity " in style ( 1 4 ) . |
| 43 | To help achieve this , the proposed Trust would aim to give all patients a date for admission to hospital when first placed on the waiting list . ’ |
| 44 | On only one point is there evidence which would seem to give some basis for dating the competition , namely a marginal note in Mecdi 's article on Hocazade which states that the latter was kadi of Edirne the position to which he went alter holding the professorship of the Zeyrek medrese — in 871/1466–7 , " a few documents written by him " having been seen . |
| 45 | ‘ Middlesbrough is richly endowed with religious communities and during the coming months we will need to give some careful thought as to how our own diocese can benefit from this moment of Grace for the whole church . ’ |
| 46 | People are always asking why a particular village or farm is sited where it is and so , sooner or later , the landscape historian will have to give this question some consideration . |
| 47 | As soon as your order is placed , you will have to give some thought to the welcome your plants will receive . |
| 48 | We hope to ensure that every candidate will have given some consideration to the issues which affect older people . |
| 49 | Elkinton writes : ‘ In his efforts to preserve life and restore health , the physician sometimes may fail to give enough consideration to his other obligation , namely to relieve suffering and to allow the patient , if he is to die , to die with comfort and dignity . ’ |
| 50 | A sudden variation in sentence complexity may help to give this effect : Norman Page points out that at the beginning of Jane Austen 's Emma , the three-word sentence " Miss Taylor married " stands out momentously against a background of longer sentences ( the average sentence length for the first five paragraphs of the novel being 26.5 words ) . |
| 51 | Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances . |