Example sentences of "[pron] was give [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At lunch-times , I was given to mental lapses . |
| 2 | But , as I have said , the impression I was given in 1944 by three officers of the S.A.S. was that Leslie and his men had been dropped , and that only the plane itself had not returned . |
| 3 | She put a big pan of water to boil , ready for the pasta , then added canned mushrooms to the tomato sauce , which was giving off such a heavenly aroma that she felt hungry despite her inner turmoil . |
| 4 | Alone , she was given to melodramatic sonnet sequences and masturbation . |
| 5 | At the Colony Room she herself provided dramatic focus for , perched perennially on a bar stool , she was given to unrelenting abuse . |
| 6 | Algernon whistled as he worked , a habit picked up from his father , who was given to musical expression while chopping up meat . |
| 7 | ‘ This one was given for sheer hard work and physical labour . ’ |
| 8 | As for the promise to ban fox-hunting , it was given with such a blithe nonchalance as to be spine-chilling . |
| 9 | Part of his spare time was taken up with the marching band of the university , but much of it was given to boisterous evenings drinking and singing with his companion — always with a view to winning the girls ' eyes and hearts . |
| 10 | He took the view that her consent alone could not be retracted since it was given for all time as part of the contract of marriage . |
| 11 | At the outset he was given at most a one-in-10 chance of survival . |
| 12 | He was given to drunken displays of macho prowess . |
| 13 | He was given to these sudden spurts of activity , running ahead to hide among the bushes and jump out at her , leaping across puddles , rummaging for broken bottles and cans in the ditch and hurling them with a desperate intensity into the water . |
| 14 | Obviously John had no time to investigate the theory , and probably he would not have bothered anyway , since it looks convincing and he was given to quick enthusiasms . |
| 15 | In particular , he was given to unusual enthusiasms . |