Example sentences of "[conj] [be] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , the inspector himself admitted wondering whether Nicola had learnt or been given something that put her in danger . |
| 2 | But it was her North African journeys that were to give her two short stories , and she wrote with enthusiasm of the beautiful tajines she had eaten in Morocco . |
| 3 | More than 50 per cent of these enfants trovés perish in spite of the care that is given them . |
| 4 | So the information that is given us is for our information only , or ? |
| 5 | It 's the shoulder that 's giving him a problem and er that 's always tricky because er it can er obviously affect the way a defender approaches the more physical aspect of his job . |
| 6 | The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit . |
| 7 | I skate down the road a bit before I shout at cops — or anyone that was giving me some shit . |
| 8 | There are two girl keepers who spend as much time as they can with him and are giving him so many titbits that he 's getting thoroughly spoiled . |
| 9 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 10 | The Barbarians , who were actually Celts and were given their cruel name by their invaders , transported their stuff by sea or by horse and cattle ( and had links with Europe , incidentally ) , the Romans built roads . |
| 11 | They were well looked after and were given plenty of beer , cigarettes and extras at Christmas time . |
| 12 | When Sara glanced back a few moments later , she saw that five liverymen had descended upon the urchin and were giving him a beating . |
| 13 | And so , when the manager gets to 60 or so and is given his carriage clock and company pension ( if he is lucky ) , there is somebody to take over who knows the right people and can do the right things . |
| 14 | ‘ The course has a good variety of subjects , and is giving me a taste of different job areas like computing , and office and information studies , as well as numeracy and communication . |
| 15 | I am about the only person who ca n't speak Portuguese here , even knows Spanish well , and is giving his course in Spanish . |
| 16 | After that , Anne became a novelist , won the Booker and the Whitbread in the same year with different books , and was given her own television show . |
| 17 | He stayed the week and was given lots of extra training , but he was still unsafe when he returned to the USA . |
| 18 | In 785 Charles ' inflexible attitude and persistent presence finally paid off ; the main nationalist leader , Wittikind , sued for peace and was given his life in exchange for his surrender and baptism . |
| 19 | One night of winter , with howling winds blowing and heavy rain lashing the streets , he arrived cold and wet at the Club , went straight to the bar as usual , and was given his usual drink by the bar man , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 20 | He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls . |
| 21 | Mr Hunter — Martin , to his students — was one of the lecturers at the Art School , and was giving his customary late Christmas party , in January . |
| 22 | When , worn down at last , he mentioned a man who lived as far away as Prudhoe , the polite picked up a young fellow known as Billy the Badger , which apparently had nothing to do with his poaching activities , but was given him because he always wore a white muffler , the ends tucked into his trouser tops , and on Sundays , when he wore his best , which was a black coat and trousers , his pointed face above this ensemble roughly depicted the night creature of the woods . |