Example sentences of "when [pron] [was/were] give a " in BNC.
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| 1 | My interest in MacDonald began when I was given a well-worn copy of his Unspoken Sermons . |
| 2 | In my early twenties I found that I would become aggressive when I was given a compliment . |
| 3 | He had met her previously when she was given a similarly small part in Hell 's Angels on Wheels and now they were both unattached and deeply attracted to one another . |
| 4 | The thrust of The Enquirer 's story is that the final straw for Diana came when she was given a transcript of the alleged taped conversation between Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles . |
| 5 | When they were given a choice between a familiar and a novel member of the opposite sex , birds might actually choose the familiar even when the novel really did not look so very different to our eyes ( Miller , 1979 ; Bateson , 1980 ; Slater & Clements , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | That it was the wrong remedy was discovered later when he was given a higher potency which helped the eczema but made the asthma worse . |
| 7 | The climax of Delaunay 's success in Germany came when he was given a large one-man show at the Walden Gallery in Berlin early in 1913 ; both Delaunay and Apollinaire travelled to Germany for the opening . |
| 8 | When he was given a chance he enjoyed it as much as anyone else . |
| 9 | ‘ Indeed , ’ he agreed , seeming a little irritated by her interruption , as if , as when he was giving a lecture , he preferred to hold the floor . |