Example sentences of "[noun] i [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year . |
| 2 | In his memoirs , O'Neill offers an unconvincing explanation for this major concession ; ‘ I was fully aware of the advantage I was giving the Republicans as all the votes would take place well within the new president 's honeymoon period . |
| 3 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 4 | During the afternoon I was given my answer . |
| 5 | But I work closely to any budget I 'm given and in effect my service is free , because although I charge a £30 flat fee , it 's deducted when an order is placed . ’ |
| 6 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 7 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 8 | Several times I was given money to go to the chemist 's for bitter aloes or penny royal or a bottle of gin from the outdoor . |
| 9 | I am spell-bound by the sound of French , infuriated when I ca n't read it in the books I am given . |
| 10 | So , there 's something given , that entitles feedback I was giving you then , some people referred to it as this . |
| 11 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 12 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 13 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 14 | ‘ But it was just a decision I had to make under the circumstances I was given . |
| 15 | Once after I had recited at the Guild I was given a pair of woollen gloves , speckled coloured , and with cuffs , which was quite an unexpected treat . |
| 16 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 17 | At this meeting I was given very positive signals about the project and after discussing the outlines , Mr. said he would consult his boss ( yourself ) for confirmation . |
| 18 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 19 | As Chairman of the National Curriculum English Working Group I was given the responsibility of deciding on programmes of study for all children from 5 to 16 , of putting right what I regarded as a major omission in the Kingman Report . |
| 20 | I became slightly unnerved by the frequent reassurances I was given by fundholders that they would n't do anything to ‘ upset the applecart ’ or disadvantage their colleagues ' patients . |
| 21 | In any case if they were n't in after three rings I was giving up . |
| 22 | Whilst my sisters wiped up , from an early age I was given the task of transporting the clean china and utensils from the lid of the copper ( there was no draining board ) to the kitchen table for one of the adults to put away . |
| 23 | The change in my approach to mathematics began when I joined an in-service Diploma in Mathematics Education.2 In the first week I was given the task of making a 3 x 3 x 3 wooden cube made up of three different pentacubes and three different tetracubes . |
| 24 | We had just started our first lectures , when apart from helping to prepare the Sulphonamide paper I was given a weekend off to visit City Temple friends who had started a Community House at Highbury New Park . |
| 25 | On that morning I was giving them the latest news of Nigel . |
| 26 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 27 | For the first offence I was given a fine . |
| 28 | On the second offence I was given a suspended sentence . |
| 29 | does anybody remember particularly what they were given , or make a great deal about it , of a meal of it , unless you 've given them something absolutely outstanding like a fur coat , I remember the fur coat I was given in |
| 30 | I 've drawn that up from the information I was given , I do n't know whether could you pass that on |