Example sentences of "she [was/were] [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was also given old 1 notes from some cash-strapped couples . |
| 2 | Ward was sentenced to life imprisonment in October 1974 for the murder of 12 people , including nine soldiers , killed in an IRA bombing of a coach eight months earlier [ see p. 26458 ] , and she was also given concurrent 30-year prison terms for involvement in explosions at Euston Station in London and at a Ministry of Defence college [ see pp. 26873-74 ] . |
| 3 | She was also given a cheque for nineteen pounds to buy a hundred second cla second class stamps for the postcard campaign . |
| 4 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 5 | ‘ She 's a bit in love with you , ’ murmured Juliet , hoping she was n't giving anything away . |
| 6 | She was eventually given two life sentences for murdering her seven-year-old daughter and her four-year-old playmate . |
| 7 | She was soon to give up her own acting career — which she never took seriously — to — spoil him ? |
| 8 | It was a Militant councillor who found her alternative accommodation where she was later to give birth to her daughter , Claire . |
| 9 | ‘ She asked if you were all right , ’ Leith replied , not certain that she was n't breaking confidences , but feeling she would have to be far tougher than she was not to give in to his unspoken plea for some salve on his pain . |
| 10 | Alexandra 's deafness had also one unfortunate aspect in that , because she was not given any formal education , she frequently appeared unsophisticated . |
| 11 | She said that in any case , ‘ she was not given to crying ’ . |
| 12 | Somewhere in her thirties , long abandoned by a useless husband , and with two small children to bring up , she was not given to self-analysis . |
| 13 | She was not given to ‘ seeing ’ things . |
| 14 | She was not given to ‘ seeing ’ things . |
| 15 | The winner of this year 's Avia Foursomes and the amateur medal at the British Women 's Open at Ferndown , the undeniably gifted Cheshire golfer was distressed to find that she was no better placed than second reserve for England in the Home Internationals and , further , that she was not given a place on the " B " team sent to Italy . |
| 16 | However , this did seem to be the indicated remedy , so she was then given a low potency ( 3X ) twice daily for a period of two weeks . |
| 17 | In view of Alain 's remarks on the subject she felt quite honoured , even though she was only given small tasks . |
| 18 | She was still giving forth when he came in to investigate . |
| 19 | As well he might , she thought , if he suspected the dressing down she was about to give him . |
| 20 | The phone rang on and on , but just as she was about to give up she was answered by a sleepy female voice . |
| 21 | As she celebrated with champagne , emigrant Deirdre Donovan ( 30 ) revealed that she was about to give up entering the draw . |
| 22 | She was actually giving an order . |
| 23 | ‘ You liked her because she was always giving you things , ’ Ruth accused her sister . |
| 24 | She was always giving orders to Kamala , who had to obey . |
| 25 | She was never given any form of education , and spent much of her time secluded with her two sisters and her aunt , the Duchess of Rothesay . |
| 26 | One Afro-Caribbean woman described how she felt that she was never given a choice of provision for her son , and objected to being told he should be in a specialist nursery for his own good . |
| 27 | Tara also took quite a liking to rum which she was sometimes given to make her sleep . |
| 28 | Her was not given to eloquence about the beauties of the countryside , and was puzzled that he should come out with this remark . |