Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [pron] [verb] [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked as if somebody had been giving the place a pretty thorough airing , and it was n't too hard to guess who . |
| 2 | Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present . |
| 3 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 4 | If anything he was able to go about his duties as if he had been given carte blanche . |
| 5 | A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping . |
| 6 | When the film used some footage of his wife moving about the cottage , he felt as if he had been given a reprieve . |
| 7 | With a view toward facilitating the use of electronic bills of lading , the Law Commissions recommended that the Secretary of State be empowered to ‘ make provision by regulations for information given by means other than in writing to be of equivalent force and effect as if it had been given in writing . ’ |
| 8 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 9 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 10 | It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote . |
| 11 | Gardiner , the Observer 's architectural critic , knew Epstein , Lady Epstein and their family from the early Fifties and this biography is authorised in that he has been given unprecedented access to family papers , including letters between the artist and Kathleen Garman . |
| 12 | The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions . |