Example sentences of "[be] give [pron] " in BNC.

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61 Most youths and even small boys wore a strip of hide around their wrists or ankles : this had been given them with appropriate blessing to bring them success when they became warriors .
62 But they , they er I mean you do n't have to be too bright to realize that the questions have been given them and the answers have g been given them .
63 But they , they er I mean you do n't have to be too bright to realize that the questions have been given them and the answers have g been given them .
64 I can still see him sitting there at his desk , me standing in front , yelling at me how lucky I was , how I 'd been given everything , was this all I could do with it .
65 I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it .
66 Eileen Riddrie had proudly shown it to her the previous week , as she had been given it that very day for her birthday .
67 The item may be faulty , or the wrong size/colour , or the customer may have been given it as a present .
68 He told her he had been given it by Uncle Joe who kept a café up Kilburn way .
69 2.2 Mode of expression Where no express indication of the confidentiality of the information disclosed has been given it is necessary to examine the circumstances surrounding the disclosure .
70 The same things that were promised for the gas , electricity and water , but in rel reality the only section to gain are the fat cats at the top who have recently been given it 's obscene pay increases .
71 He could have asked for time off , she reflected , and would probably have been given it , but he was just not assertive enough .
72 I think I 've been given it er some good cause rather than
73 I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished .
74 When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery .
75 In particular if notice of an application for such an order has been given he may : ( a ) strike out the claim or defence if they show no reasonable cause of action or defence and enter judgment ( Ord 13 , r 5 ) ; ( b ) where £1,000 or more is claimed , upon submission of affidavit evidence proving the facts ( and proof of service of the application , copy affidavit and exhibits seven days before ) , enter summary judgment in a default action where there is no real defence .
76 He did one thing in Hollywood for which he has not been given anything like sufficient credit .
77 for you , I said we worked you know , we 've not been given anything , everything
78 I had been given his address by friends in Britain and now took a taxi to his flat , a couple of miles from the hotel but still in the older part of the city of Buda .
79 As he fielded questions at a press conference in his Yeovil constituency about his terms for a coalition in the event of a hung Parliament or whether Downing Street had been given his telephone number , the instrument that could receive the crucial call was being hunted down by aides .
80 Another new boy , Nick Raynsford , has been given his own single room — an extremely prized possession , even among long-serving MPs — on the shadow cabinet corridor .
81 He replaced the receiver , having been given his new instructions .
82 And says if he 'd been given his own psychiatric nurse … he would never have jumped off the train .
83 The rebel officers had probably been given US blessing on the understanding that it would not bail them out if things went wrong .
84 ‘ God 's own love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given us , ’ says Paul in Romans 5:5 , and he rejoices to hear of that ‘ love in the Spirit ’ , which is to be found in the church at Colossae ( 1:8 ) .
85 The Spirit has been given us to enable us to understand not the future , but the gracious gifts God has already made over to us ( 2:12 ) .
86 As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) .
87 ‘ I have been given your husband 's log book by your brother , Mrs Hatton , ’ he said gently as she recovered herself .
88 philosophical side of Marxism which is very interesting and there 's a lot of very deep thoughts but what we 've been given your definition , is what I 'd say is the political strategy that Marx said er was necessary to achieve the philosophical ends .
89 Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom .
90 ‘ I 've been given my marching orders .
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