If the captain gave her a hard time, he'd have to answer to him for it.

Not until that captain had given him some specific reason to do so.

The captain gave him his card and said he should think it over.

And the Captain hasn't given us the option of not going ahead.

He had heard his captain give him an order to withdraw.

Again the captain gave the order to stop all engines.

The captain gave them with a blunt economy of words.

The captain would have given a great deal to know what kind of preparations they might be.

However, the captain was giving him a chance to discuss it.

We're ready to stand to our guns the moment the Captain gives the word.