Example sentences of "[be] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 91 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 92 | Because we 're given them . |
| 93 | what are you , you 're given you 're given her permission to phone |
| 94 | You 're given what they want to give you . |
| 95 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 96 | what are you , you 're given you 're given her permission to phone |
| 97 | Remember , when you 're given your fact scenarios , to take out of those scenarios the information that you think is relevant and structure it . |
| 98 | You just work on a plan where that i at the er at the beginning of the day you 're , you 're given your people to watch . |
| 99 | then they got ten , if it 's showing an understanding of what was in that diary then we 're give them four |
| 100 | By the way , while I think of it , Anne was just about to leave the country when you rang , but she says when she gets back in September you 're to give her a call . ’ |
| 101 | She says we 're to give you |
| 102 | Either to , you know , write down delegation that you 're giving somebody , and then photocopy it and give it to them . |
| 103 | You 're giving yourself some new , you know . |
| 104 | Now if you knew which numbers were selected less frequently than others , and you kept that information to yourself and you bet on those numbers that were selected less frequently , then unless there 's any special reason why those numbers should produce fewer score draws than other numbers , you 're giving yourself an advantage because on the weeks in which those numbers produce score draws there are fewer people who 'll have them down as their numbers , and so there 's more money around for those few people who have them down , including you , and so if you win , then you 'd expect to win more money . |
| 105 | And if you just put it in a slightly more formal way on radio , that 's what you 're doing is , you 're not shifting the buck , you 're answering the question , you 're just , you 're giving yourself a bit of leeway . |
| 106 | ‘ We 're giving her a chance , ’ said Luke curtly . |
| 107 | Is this the medicine you 're giving her ? |
| 108 | ‘ She needs the sort of help you 're giving her — cups of tea , smiles , warm hand on the shoulder . ’ |
| 109 | Well she knows that we 're giving her something , yes . |
| 110 | Yeah , no they 're not , they 're giving her a lump sum |
| 111 | Yeah but they 're giving her it all in one lump sum , that 's the deposit on their place . |
| 112 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
| 113 | You come around here every week with whatever chick you fell into the sack with the night before and you 're giving me a morality lecture ! |
| 114 | I can do the work OK , they 're giving me really good grades , which is more than my dear dumb sister . |
| 115 | I said , ‘ You 're giving me a headache ! ’ |
| 116 | But they 're giving me pills … to dry it up . ’ |
| 117 | And again analyse : ‘ You 're giving me a lot of advice here from your viewpoint — I need to plot my own course . ’ |
| 118 | Oh dear , you 're giving me that look again . |
| 119 | ‘ They 're giving me a week . |
| 120 | Cos you 're following the instructions , and you 're giving me one answer . |