Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |
| 2 | That was totally unplanned. erm I was told by a friend that there was erm Pebble Mill were going to organise an Environment Project Competition for Great Britain , and they suggested I sent for a form , which I did , and filled it in , and erm to my astonishment a film crew came down and filmed the pond , and later on I was invited with my husband to Pebble Mill to get this award and it was given me by Virginia Mackenna and Bill Waters , and David Bellamy was there , and erm we had a wonderful time . |
| 3 | The military , hitherto reluctant to intervene in previous attempted coups , went on the offensive on this occasion after they were given a firm mandate from Menem for resolute action . |
| 4 | And Notts County had won four of their five league matches at Meadow Lane this season but they were given an early shock by today 's visitors Portsmouth . |
| 5 | Understandably , women in particular resent advice on how to feed themselves in their old age ; but there are some women ( and even more men ) who will welcome help in this respect if it is given tactfully . |
| 6 | In one well-remembered case Eleanor 's father , Duke William X , had tried to insist that he should have the marriage of the probable heiress to the Viscount of Limoges , but the nobles of the Limousin , fearing " the Poitevin yoke " , successfully resisted this demand and she was given instead to a Count of Angoulême . |
| 7 | ‘ But I have been approached to consider seeking a nomination in another ward and I am giving that some consideration . |
| 8 | It is as well to be clear in this way that you are giving priority to suspense because , of course , there are elements of suspense not only in almost all crime fiction but in almost all fiction of any sort . |
| 9 | After 54 England Caps , Sir Stanley earned another cap when he was given an honorary doctorate by Keele University . |
| 10 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 11 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 12 | ‘ The Name ’ has been the Holy of Holies to all Jews since it was given to Moses as a special revelation of the divine essence ; all other holinesses merely subserve it . |
| 13 | Of course there were the usual fights , but one regiment soon found that its men were generally taking more punishment than they were giving out . |
| 14 | In the late 1920s W. Embden , professor of physiology at the University of Frankfurt , found that German miners produced 20 per cent more coal when they were given 7 grams a day , decidedly a harmful dose , of sodium hydrogen phosphate . |
| 15 | Wendy , very kindly , checked Billy 's carriage on her own machine when it was giving trouble and when , rather embarrassingly , it blew a fuse on Wendy 's console , she did n't even charge Billy for the replacement and repairs . |
| 16 | To make life easier for us all I started to teach her a few commands , but I found she would obey any order before it was given . |
| 17 | ( 8 ) The text of the tender advertisement must be cleared with the Quotations Department if the offer is made on the London Stock Exchange but otherwise with the Panel and copies of the final text must be given to both at the same time as they are given to the newspapers . |
| 18 | It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes … but then , so will most men if they 're given no other option . |