Example sentences of "[pers pn] were give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see that if I were to give way to retroscendence the average supermarket gondola , stuck with myriad products like a hedgehog with spines , would become a mystic test-bed able through its thousand portals to suck me into individual sagas so complex , so durable , that I would perhaps never reemerge . |
| 2 | " A likely thing it would be if I were to give a drink of milk to every beggar who passed through ! " exclaimed the second brother . |
| 3 | ‘ I hardly think that it would help you if I were to give it . ’ |
| 4 | So , for example , the lecture I 'm going to give you today is n't reflected at all in Arnold erm so er I think it 'd be helpful if I were to give you some indication of when there were and when there were n't . |
| 5 | I were given the chance . |
| 6 | If I were given my head , which I never am or will be ( for I am impotent . |
| 7 | Though she could never let him know it , he already possessed her heart ; if she were to give herself to him body and soul , at least the memories would be rich and ultimately fulfilling . |
| 8 | [ The minority ] believes that no good would come to children , husband or wife if she were given the protection of the criminal law . |
| 9 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 10 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 11 | She were giving it to dog ! |
| 12 | No , I thought she were giving them a pound and then taking change off them , she were getting change off them or summat were n't she . |
| 13 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 14 | Of course , if you were to give evidence , what would the co what would the magistrates do ? |
| 15 | Well anyway , if you were to give well I 'd give anything |
| 16 | If you were given ‘ carte blanche ’ so to speak , what would you go for ? ’ |
| 17 | In those days the artificial leg you were given did n't meet the skin ; you had to wear thick woollen socks over the join where the artificial leg met your own leg , and a metal belt to hold it in place , which pulled your body over to one side . |
| 18 | You ate what you were given and tried to look as if you could n't really bear to think about food . |
| 19 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 20 | Then you were given so much time to get back home again . |
| 21 | To construct a right angle , or a regular pentagon with these tools , you were given a series of instructions : do this , followed by this , followed by this … |
| 22 | Instead you were given a medicine bottle , bought a stick of liquorice , cut this up and stuck it into the bottle . |
| 23 | ‘ Last month you were given access to highly confidential details regarding our plans for designs for 1956–7 . |
| 24 | Can you remember the last time you were given a hospital pass ? |
| 25 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 26 | Dig out the 10,000 piece jigsaw of The Sky At Night that you were given for Christmas 10 years ago . |
| 27 | Check your local policy and the instructions you were given in lectures . |
| 28 | At Morrison & Gibb , according to one survivor , the girls went up to a special room to learn all the types , and another former Morrison & Gibb " learner " remembered that " you were given a card with the lay of the case " and just had to get on with it , practising until you could pick up the type correctly . |
| 29 | Sorry you were given |
| 30 | They contain your interpretation of the factual conclusions , and go on to recommend what steps should now be made towards solving the problem that you were given . |