Example sentences of "just [be] give a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live . |
| 2 | Have you just been given a position of more responsibility ? |
| 3 | A young teacher ( Class 3 ) has just been given a special award for the ‘ best classroom ’ in Francistown . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 5 | The living room , originally furnished in rusty browns , has just been given a brighter look with soft peach paper and multi-striped curtains by Designers Guild . |
| 6 | you 're going to work in there , you 've just been given a , your , your standard value which is gross , thousand and thousand of dollars , now how are you going to spend that money that you 've got for |
| 7 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have just been given a flower — the second in two weeks ’ , he told readers in the birthday issue column . |
| 9 | Alcock was cheered up by a letter from his CO at Mudros telling him the ‘ Your baby has just been given a new suit of clothes and is learning to walk . |
| 10 | Just been given a new exercise book , textbook . |
| 11 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 12 | They were n't real officers , they had just been given a military rank to sit on the tribunal . ’ |
| 13 | The council 's plan to replace their Saturday shift with a standby system has infuriated the men whose bosses have just been given a big pay rise . |