Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] be give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To the preparation of both courses of lectures I gave far more attention than I had latterly been giving at Durham . ’ |
| 2 | I believe that we will be regarded as a slightly frivolous century , and that we will not be showered with the sort of praise that we have blithely been giving ourselves . |
| 3 | I am disappointed that we have still been given no sign that the means necessary to contain violence and to disrupt the command and control structure of the IRA are about to be implemented . |
| 4 | There were doctors concerned that they had never been given any information about a nuclear accident , farmers worried about the effect of contamination on their stock and crops , and a teacher who recited his own poem about a nuclear disaster and then presented the Inspector with an oak leaf from the Quantocks . |
| 5 | I ALREADY reviewed this back in July but now that it 's finally been given a British release ‘ Perfect Day ’ will , in time , be seen as a perfect moment from MFS 's classic period , alongside excursions from Cosmic Baby , Microglobe and Mind Gear . |
| 6 | Before Rachel was born I bought about six stretchsuits , and I 've just been given 12 more but I have n't had to spend much on her clothes yet because I 've had so many presents . |
| 7 | The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course ; Matthew had just finished school ; Val got 6 months ’ leave of absence from her job ; and I had just been given early retirement . |
| 8 | So if I 'd still been giving Clive the best part of my days , occasions for dalliance would have been rare and risky . |
| 9 | I think the intention if I recall correctly was to give er stewards |
| 10 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 11 | gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription . |
| 12 | A year later and they had all been given a rise of one penny a day . |
| 13 | Now , if it had simply been given to the woman , Common Law would have said , ‘ We can pay no attention to this separate use . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’ |
| 15 | Administrative assets " primarily used for the purposes of the former Ministry of State Security/National Security Office " would " accrue to the Trust Agency unless they have already been given over to new social or public purposes since the above mentioned date " . |
| 16 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 17 | If it is n't correct , I would like to know why Engineering 's approval has been withheld , because I have never been given any indication , at any stage , that there were any major problems regarding the project . |
| 18 | Where is Q P9 ? papers rustling This one I think we should give a little thought , because this is the one I think where oh yes this is going to get complicated because I have now been given a quiff and a few suggestion forms about it |
| 19 | Erm , now as as this so called generous funding in fact , the police authority are facing a straight deficit of three hundred and twenty-eight thousand , they are facing a further deficit of four hundred and twenty-five thousand because they have only been given one and a half percent for pay , where all the information we have been given from the Home Office , you can shake your head as much as you like Chairman , it is in fact true , and in fact , in fact as reported in the Guardian , on , only the day before yesterday , yet again the police bill is to be , almost certainly four percent , not one and a half . |
| 20 | In the midst of the proceedings , when they have already been given the Ten Commandments and much besides , and Moses is on the summit of Sinai receiving more torah to relay to them , they rebel . |
| 21 | Once again the solicitor representing them said that there was not and that his clients had put him in difficulties , as he had only been given instructions a week before . |