Example sentences of "[be] give [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suggests at once beauty and brutality for some are born with black eyes and some are given them . |
| 2 | But whatever name they are given they make fascinating aquarium inhabitants . |
| 3 | When dates for particular artefact-types are given it is rarely made clear whether that date is one of manufacture of the artefacts , its period of use or the context in which it was found . |
| 4 | This difference distinguishes causal circumstances and their effects from the other instances of necessary connection , the nomic correlates. ( 1.5 ) All necessary connections are open to forms of mathematical expression , and typically are given it in science . |
| 5 | ‘ Sense and Memory of things , which are common to man and all living creatures ’ are knowledge , but ‘ because they are given us immediately by nature , and not gotten by ratiocination , they are not philosophy . ’ |
| 6 | Another possible version of foundationalism holds that there are some beliefs which are given us as ‘ data ’ , and which are fully justified unless something arises to defeat their justification ( cf. the use of defeasibility in 2.3 ) . |
| 7 | So far , we have discussed the properties of matrices , and the algebra of matrices , in general terms , and without reference to the nature of the elements : where illustrations have been given we have used arithmetical numbers for elements . |
| 8 | We 've got According to the information I 've been given we 've got seven thousand cubic metres of which is useful |
| 9 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 10 | no I do n't like them at all he says , now my doctor had been given me this one |
| 11 | Perhaps he was awaiting the chance of revenge for the crack on the head that had been given him … |
| 12 | The bomb Simon Cormack had been carrying on his person was concealed in the broad leather belt he wore around his waist and which had been given him by his abductors to hold up the denim jeans they had also provided for him . |
| 13 | A Victorian jug on the mantelpiece had been given him by Louise one Christmas . |
| 14 | Could see how his father would have resembled Han when he was younger ; as if age had been given him and youth to Han . |
| 15 | Cowboys may wear them out of necessity and convicts in the USA may have been given them as part of their uniform , but one thing 's for sure , whatever the reason , most people simply would n't live without them . |
| 16 | The desired religion therefore , must be acceptable , on the one hand to those who follow it because their belief is founded on logic-induced conviction , and on the other hand to those who come to believe , because tentative faith has been given them by others and who have reached conviction through experience . |
| 17 | Most youths and even small boys wore a strip of hide around their wrists or ankles : this had been given them with appropriate blessing to bring them success when they became warriors . |
| 18 | But they , they er I mean you do n't have to be too bright to realize that the questions have been given them and the answers have g been given them . |
| 19 | But they , they er I mean you do n't have to be too bright to realize that the questions have been given them and the answers have g been given them . |
| 20 | I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it . |
| 21 | Eileen Riddrie had proudly shown it to her the previous week , as she had been given it that very day for her birthday . |
| 22 | The item may be faulty , or the wrong size/colour , or the customer may have been given it as a present . |
| 23 | He told her he had been given it by Uncle Joe who kept a café up Kilburn way . |
| 24 | 2.2 Mode of expression Where no express indication of the confidentiality of the information disclosed has been given it is necessary to examine the circumstances surrounding the disclosure . |
| 25 | The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases . |
| 26 | He could have asked for time off , she reflected , and would probably have been given it , but he was just not assertive enough . |
| 27 | I think I 've been given it er some good cause rather than |
| 28 | I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished . |
| 29 | When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery . |
| 30 | In particular if notice of an application for such an order has been given he may : ( a ) strike out the claim or defence if they show no reasonable cause of action or defence and enter judgment ( Ord 13 , r 5 ) ; ( b ) where £1,000 or more is claimed , upon submission of affidavit evidence proving the facts ( and proof of service of the application , copy affidavit and exhibits seven days before ) , enter summary judgment in a default action where there is no real defence . |