Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 2 | The number of actual evictions was tiny — less than twenty per year — though when they occurred they were given widespread publicity and the fears that they raised went far beyond what their numerical significance might indicate . |
| 3 | When this happened they were given their own temple and , of course , in the temples were altars such as the one on the reverse of the coin . |
| 4 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 5 | Later Justices of the Peace were appointed and as time passed they were given administrative as well as judicial duties to perform . |
| 6 | Heaven for him meant them being given a lift in a girlfriend 's second-hand Fiat and , whereas other toddlers of fifteen months or so usually toted teddy bears or other furry animals , he never went anywhere without taking along at least one toy car . |
| 7 | Ah he said , smashing , I thought I 'm giving a little bit back see ? |
| 8 | I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write |
| 9 | I thought I was giving you more than that , ee , first of all I went to fifteen percent , you said |
| 10 | I thought I was giving you a lift |
| 11 | Naomi Roberts concluded her period of volunteering early because she felt she was giving Ghanaians something that they did not want ( Endpiece NI 209 ) . |
| 12 | But I knew she was giving a series of lectures somewhere , and they were n't being reported , and there 's only one thing you 'd ask Dot to lecture on , so … ’ |
| 13 | Well enough anyway , I mean I thought you were giving me something easier to do not |
| 14 | He thought she was giving him an unmistakable message of availability . |
| 15 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 16 | I have been talking to the whites many years about the lands in question , and it is strange they can not understand me ; the country they claim belonged to my father , and when he died it was given to me and my people , and I will not leave it until I am compelled to . |
| 17 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
| 18 | Oh I thought he was giving me money then dad . |
| 19 | He probably was k feeling kind because he thought he was giving you a nice stick . |
| 20 | Rumours that Denis Smith was taking over were rife at the press conference in the afternoon , but Corden announced he was giving the job to youth team coach Hankin . |
| 21 | To say that God did it is to give the ultimate cause and to give meaning to it . |
| 22 | In nineteen eighty three from nineteen fifty three after thirty years of making cheese , they changed his job , I think many of you are ahead of me already , he said I was given a job change and I began working in landscaping , how nice while being interviewed some time ago I was asked what I thought about being giving a job change after thirty years of making cheese and he said well it did n't bother me , I noted , frankly because I did n't like making cheese anyway |
| 23 | My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one . |
| 24 | Jacob was still not the daughter she had set her heart on , but even though he was a male child he was , at least , physically recognisable as her offspring , and as he grew up he displayed artistic tendencies of a kind which she was sure could have flowered in her had she been given the chance . |
| 25 | Erm had she be giving treatment ? |
| 26 | And before the children left they were given a carrier bag with all sorts of things that you could think of and to see the delight on those little children 's faces ! |
| 27 | And erm he he said it 's stupid , he said they were given all this and it 's the homework it 's nothing to do with the revision you 've got to do in his the exams ! |
| 28 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 29 | Neither had they been given extra hay the night before . |
| 30 | Had they been given a more accurate picture of what was actually taking place , would they have reacted differently ? |