Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] give [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the age of five I was given glasses which had no effect , serving only to restrict my field of vision , since I could only really see to read with one eye . |
| 2 | ‘ She was giving Jessie her insulin injection not long ago . |
| 3 | Naomi Roberts concluded her period of volunteering early because she felt she was giving Ghanaians something that they did not want ( Endpiece NI 209 ) . |
| 4 | humbug and foolishness ; that it was all prearranged ; that he was given music which he already knew ; that it was ridiculous to think that he could compose , and so forth . |
| 5 | He was given drugs which controlled this well and had no more health problems for the next four years . |
| 6 | Joseph saw that although he was given evil he was able to turn it into goodness . |
| 7 | Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot . |