Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pers pn] was give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A simple X-ray spotted an inch-long needle left in the 56-year-old mum 's bottom when she was giving birth to her daughter , Jane , in Rotherham , Yorks . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The final destruction of the road 's equilibrium took place when it was given over to high speed travel by car . |
| 5 | At the age of seventeen he was playing for Antigua in the Leeward Islands tournament when he was given out caught behind . |
| 6 | After 54 England Caps , Sir Stanley earned another cap when he was given an honorary doctorate by Keele University . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State alluded to the problem when he was giving evidence to the Select Committee . |
| 8 | She certainly seemed to thrive on responsibility when she was given it . |
| 9 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 10 | Twenty-seven years on , in 1977 , he was duly awarded with another request to visit Buckingham Palace when he was given the OBE. |