Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of the Wadesbridge Camels side from the age of 13 , he was finally given the opportunity to play for Redruth in 1982 . |
| 2 | He was finally given a pension , but by that time he was old , he was half paralysed , and he was nearly blind , and he died in eighteen thirty-six , only six years after he 'd received this recognition and this pension . |
| 3 | Melanie was worried that this would upset Stan , but he was already giving clear signs that he just wanted to avoid conflict . |
| 4 | Similarly , although Rank turned down Sydney Box 's first independent feature , 29 Acacia Avenue ( 1945 ) , on the grounds that the innocuous story about an aborted premarital romp was ‘ immoral ’ , and offered him £40,000 to put the film on the shelf , he was later to give Box the job of running Gainsborough 's production programme . |
| 5 | If he was n't given a medal , he asked to be given one . |
| 6 | If he was n't given one , he bought one . |
| 7 | The driver charged an enormous amount of money ‘ on account of the petrol crisis ’ and swore when he was n't given a tip to match . |
| 8 | But who Actually he was n't given what he wanted , which I believe was an armed conflict between law enforcement and his group in which he expected to die , in which he expected his membership to die . |
| 9 | He was n't given too long a sentence providing he agreed to go into a clinic — you know — to be dried out and cured . |
| 10 | I could n't really see why he was n't given the chance this season ( apart from the last mins vs Swindon ) , |
| 11 | It would have to be the right length as he was n't giving Lee the cutters again . |
| 12 | He was n't giving him Uncle Walter 's helmet . |
| 13 | He was n't giving evidence was he ? |
| 14 | He erm he was n't giving evidence at the enquiry , but erm it was at his suggestion that I was asked to meet with the Chief Planning Officer prior to the to talk about alternative sites . |
| 15 | ( The fact that , as understudy , he was n't giving a performance did not reduce the necessity for the wind-down . ) |
| 16 | He said he was not given any medicine , and no doctor saw him . |
| 17 | He said he was not given any medicine , and no doctor saw him . |
| 18 | He was not given any VIP treatment and he was not paid . ’ |
| 19 | He was not given the 30 months ' notice provided for by his contract . |
| 20 | Since 1960 Kubrick has virtually disowned the film , claiming that he was not given enough creative control . |
| 21 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |
| 22 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
| 23 | Kidd reflects that at the time he was not given the unqualified support by other members of P-E who felt that the search approach was still inappropriate for a consulting firm with resident consultants on client premises and that it could injure the firm 's consulting practice . |
| 24 | While he did not neglect the defence of the realm he was not given to fighting , believing that magic could shield Ulthuan . |
| 25 | And , second , there is a sentence in Plutarch 's Life of Artaxerxes ( chapter iv ) about the revolt of the younger Cyrus ( for which see p. 184 ) : ‘ some say that he revolted because he was not given enough rations . ’ |
| 26 | Only John of Ferentino , who acted for Innocent as a notary when subdeacon , was made a cardinal but he was not given the title of chancellor . |
| 27 | He was cleared by the Bow Street stipendiary magistrate in January last year because he was not given the opportunity to say whether he would prefer to give a urine or blood sample when Vine Street police found the intoximeter did not function properly . |
| 28 | He was not giving us what we wanted . |
| 29 | He cantered off and rode beside Mitch , and Maggie hoped he was not giving out any threatening advice . |
| 30 | He was immediately given extended leave to undergo psychiatric therapy but refused to cooperate with the medical staff and was retired from Delta at his own request a month after he returned to work . |