Example sentences of "[vb mod] have given [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 2 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 3 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 4 | But if I was integrating a sine , it would have come from a cos and the cos should have given me a minus sine . |
| 5 | We should have given her a call . ’ |
| 6 | She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship . |
| 7 | At the end of your interview the interviewer should have given you a fairly accurate idea of the date by which a decision should be made . |
| 8 | Or are you saying I should have given you a child ? ’ |
| 9 | Something must have given them a shake-up . |
| 10 | The night 's events must have given them a very clear idea of the depth of local opinion . ’ |
| 11 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 12 | You must have given him a pretty sleepless night through not answering the telephone . ’ |
| 13 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 14 | Seventy years of Byrd on record must have given us a good 50 versions of ‘ Ave verum corpus ’ but not a single one of ‘ Deus venerunt gentes ’ The reasons for this are not hard to find . |
| 15 | ‘ It must have given you a shock finding this , after yesterday and everything . |
| 16 | She said : ‘ He must have given you a reason . ’ |
| 17 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 18 | And the inter-island ship , the Nanasipau'u , which might have given me a lift up north , chose to ride out the wind in the lee of the island , unwisely put down both anchors , promptly snapped both chains and then drifted helplessly out to sea . |
| 19 | In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas . |
| 20 | ‘ They might have given you a rough ride at first , but you survived — more than survived ! |
| 21 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 22 | Elizabeth answered that she particularly did not want anything to remain that might hurt any living person among her friends — and so with one blow.she destroyed the ‘ flat ’ characters , who could have given her a second literary fame . |
| 23 | Now at that point , when she received the letter and read the policy , erm we could have given her a better cover if it applied to that particular vehicle . |
| 24 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
| 25 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |
| 26 | I could have given him a straight rejection , but I suppose that was not in my nature . |
| 27 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 28 | Answering back I thought he could have given me a bit more time cos I wanted to say something else and he was |
| 29 | ‘ You shitbag , Tiny , you could have given us a bloody heart attack . ’ |
| 30 | He could have given us a picture of Halling in the 16th century , but we will come to that later when investigating his own life here at Halling . |