Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] given the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was dreading the French paper to which I had only given the dregs of my time as I had had so much else on my plate . |
| 2 | I 've just given the whole of life a miss for nearly a year , all because of bloody Adrian . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've just given the barman his own show on the telly , ’ he explained , handing them around . |
| 4 | It 's just that I 've never given the matter much thought . |
| 5 | I have also given the first-magnitude stars in each constellation . |
| 6 | I have already given the House the details about Community aid in which we participate . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't given the matter any thought . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have never given the Olympic Games a thought I am just plodding my way through the season , racing here and there , ’ he said . |
| 9 | As for Genet , someone whose involvement with the different has variously been repudiated as fascist , racist , and anarchistic , his Prisoner of Love is nothing less than an affirmation of the love that Fanon envisaged and which has sometimes given the dissident their courage . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're saying you 've never given the poor girl a scrap of encouragement ? ’ she mocked scornfully . |
| 11 | If you 've got some new material on him that you want to share with us , I 'm more than happy to arrange another lecture for you later in the term , but frankly , as you 've apparently given the same lecture on him for the past ten years , I can hardly be accused of interfering with academic freedom , can I ? ’ |
| 12 | She had nearly given the game away there . |
| 13 | It was the following weekend and Rachel was helping her father , who had just given the lawn its last cut before winter , to dispose of the grass cuttings on the compost heap at the bottom of the garden . |
| 14 | An objector , who had not given the notice required by the rule , was not allowed to oppose confirmation when he sought to appear before the confirming authority , and the licence was confirmed . |
| 15 | ‘ I wish you had not given the money to the Moslems . ’ |
| 16 | Erm but erm that 's a , a very important point and er just remember that you have actually given the money to the other partner , technically in terms of tax anyway , and er that er can , can have an affect on things . |
| 17 | ‘ It was a terrific response , we 've really given the council something to think about , ’ said Sainsbury spokesman , Nick Green . |
| 18 | This is implied in the following passage from his memoirs : ‘ We had n't given the Cubans anything more than the Americans were giving their allies in Italy and Turkey . |
| 19 | If the mount is an ordinary horse we have simply given the rider 's profile with the Movement characteristic altered to 8 . |
| 20 | However , John Magill , national director of accounting and audit at Touche Ross , said : ‘ We have already given the Department of Trade and Industry access to all our papers because , in our view , it is their job to investigate on the investors ' behalf , not the liquidators ' … |
| 21 | There again , we have n't given the Conservatives a go since the by-election ; we could swing back to them , that might be fun . |
| 22 | Linebacker Gary Plummer said : ‘ We have n't given the fans a heck of a lot to cheer in the seven years I 've been here . |
| 23 | ‘ We have now given the police and the courts powers , it is up to them to use them . ’ |
| 24 | But it was clear that they had not given the subject much thought , nor did they feel there was any need to . |
| 25 | They had not given the details of the break-in a moment 's thought , so keen had they been to avoid the subject in the course of the evening . |
| 26 | They have also given the lesser players their chance to see if pro golf is for them . |
| 27 | And they say they have n't given the producers their co-operation . |
| 28 | To charges that this is too much of a good thing , the BBC say they have always given the World Championship around 70 hours and the audience figures remain high . |
| 29 | This is proven by the fact that they have recently given the go-ahead to introduce a wheelie-bin scheme which envisages no recycling whatsoever and at a cost to poll tax payers of £1.25m . |
| 30 | This is proven by the fact that they have recently given the go-ahead to introduce a wheelie-bin scheme which envisages no recycling whatsoever and at a cost to poll tax payers of £1.25m . |