Example sentences of "have give [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well if it 's something plus three , then you must have given me two .
2 He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five .
3 Now is it only K X that could have given me that ?
4 If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating .
5 Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much
6 ‘ I wish I had ; ‘ t would have given me some hope that you might come to care for me . ’
7 ‘ I had hoped that joining Derry would have given me some hunger back for the game but it just has n't happened , ’ said Doherty .
8 The committee would never have given me this show if it was n't for the Machin revival .
9 Now what would have happened if her broker came to this convention and heard about their disease , and two years ago sold her a disease policy , that would have given her two hundred thousand pounds , on the diagnosis of the disease .
10 But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’
11 You might have given her another stroke . ’
12 At least he 'd have given her some decent ponies . ’
13 After missing him so desperately over the last six weeks it was more than she had ever dreamed of to find herself suddenly close to him again , and maybe by the time they reached their destination he would have given her some clue about the way he wanted things to be .
14 She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure .
15 This must have given him great satisfaction for he used to refer to himself " as one who has been admitted a member of the great family of the deaf " , and described this family as " my people " .
16 If it had been at the border they 'd have given him five or even ten . ’
17 If unemployed , the scale would have given him 5s ( 25p ) a week .
18 Well maybe I should have given him two weeks instead of one , but , anyway .
19 warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul
20 Well if he had X to the seventh that would have given him seven X to the sixth
21 Evidence at the coroner 's court should have given him little confidence in the outcome , but events took an upward turn when Marion Lindo stepped into the witness box .
22 It might have given him some small comfort to know that , 75 years later , hydro-electric power was successfully produced a few miles away at Coaley Mill .
23 Existentialism and all those other topical philosophies of the past three decades , which seemed important at the time , may have given him some guidelines .
24 Dowd had stayed out of the Retreat all the time he 'd waited for Godolphin ( a wearisome three days ) even though it would have given him some measure of protection against the bitter cold .
25 His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity .
26 His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity .
27 The check would have given him more control over the hammers and the freedom to play more powerfully than he had done in 1777 , without making the piano jangle .
28 Large figure-of-eight shields were depicted on the walls of the East Wing of the Labyrinth , possibly to indicate that the building was under divine protection ; the dappled hides of which the shields were made presumably came from the bull , the sacred beast , and this may have given them additional prophylactic value .
29 Many of the prominent citizens , when their origins can be traced , were drawn from the lesser landed class , who may have given them moral or financial support .
30 Since the 1920s women have been free of the burden of high fertility which previously would have given them young children to cope with for more than two decades of their adult life .
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