Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the favours and appointments she showered on him must surely have given Bothwell reason to assume that he could interpret her secret wishes . |
| 2 | THE JOKER : He may also decide to give sexy underwear that does n't actually fit , or , if he is feeling malicious , spicy chewing gum for the loud mouthed — gum that cements the lips together . |
| 3 | Sidonius depicts the scheme as madness ; nevertheless he maintained his friendship for Arvandus , and he may even have given up his office of prefect of the City of Rome in order not to be involved in sentencing his friend . |
| 4 | all the time , and eventually , I 'm not using that , and he 'll just start giving you the answers , and when he does start giving the answers , keep on , let him get a lot right . |
| 5 | He felt he might even have given the captain a good run for his money if it had n't been for the damn man 's obvious advantage of height and weight . |
| 6 | He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet . |
| 7 | D. N. Pritt in his autobiography told of his many political cases and of one which ‘ came before a judge of great experience and knowledge , so bitterly opposed to anything left-wing that he could scarcely have given a fair trial if he had tried ’ . |
| 8 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |
| 9 | He 'd probably have given us a proper meal and , and — ‘ |
| 10 | He would gladly have given a year 's salary just to know what exactly was the relationship between these two . |
| 11 | Equally , no purpose would have been served by asking him to approach total strangers in the street , as the mere thought of this would have been so terrifying to the young man that he would probably have given up there and then . |
| 12 | If she had sobbed or fainted or begged him , he would probably have given way . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , he vowed that he would never cease to give Aethelred advice , and when Charlemagne was so enraged by the assassination of Aethelred in 796 that his Northumbrian gifts were recalled , threats of worse consequences were averted in Alcuin 's view only by his intercession . |