Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [noun] have give " in BNC.

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1 And it was only after John had given up playing that Palace at last fell out of the 1st Division , so it was only right that in September 1974 the club gave him a richly deserved Testimonial for his magnificent services .
2 What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all .
3 Then in November last year , soon after Wendy had given birth to Bryony , her second daughter , everything began to go wrong .
4 At the end of it , just before Myeloski had given in to the rough flight conditions , Duncan had come to realize how sharp the policeman was , how through his individual approach he had put together clues that most others would have missed .
5 The Ober Gabelhorn was once a prized addition to a climber 's logbook but is slightly out of fashion now , just as Zermatt has given way to Chamonix .
6 Bossard was sentenced to 21 years ' imprisonment and once again it seems that the Russians were willing to sacrifice an agent , probably because Bossard had given them all the details he could of the American rocket-guidance systems , in order to enhance the credibility of Top Hat so that he could continue peddling disinformation .
7 The market is less active , people are less likely to take risks with things they know nothing of in the hope of growth so perhaps the recession has affected the USM more severely than people have given credit for .
8 Even before Jack had given him his instructions he was moaning , silly old bastard .
9 It reigned almost without limit in primitive times when property was still very scanty , and it already shows itself in the nursery almost before property has given up its primal , anal form … .
10 ‘ We 've had a few jobs recently where husbands have given their wives surprise parties in the stables or somewhere .
11 Certainly if Twiggy had given up her day job as a Saturday girl at Vincent 's of Queensway , she might never have become the face of the sixties and the household name she is today .
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