Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [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 | So , there 's something given , that entitles feedback I was giving you then , some people referred to it as this . |
| 9 | Doctors at the Children 's Hospital in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , said the small intestine she was given was no longer working properly . |
| 10 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |
| 11 | You 're then taken down into the operating theatre and the first injection you are given is usually something on the lines of erm er special K , ketomine or the most common one is |
| 12 | Dr Paul Gibbs , Leatherhead Food Research Association We are giving sensible and balanced advice to consumers based on the best available advice of the Chief Medical Officer . |
| 13 | As a result we are given one of the most blatant examples of a blonde floozie being added to a film purely for box-office considerations . |
| 14 | It shows how well we are conducting the service , in what is an old bedding factory , after all , and if you 've been to Winchester lately , you will have seen a six million pound record office , with with modern architecture in a prominent position in Winchester , er , which I 'm sure they 're conducting a service , but I 'll bet you that pound for pound we 're giving a far better service in Wiltshire , with our dedicated staff , who 've been there a long time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If this was delusion it was given a sense of realism in the immediate post-war world through the UK economy being clearly stronger than the economies of either Europe or Japan [ Barnett , 1972 ; Maddison , 1984 ] . |
| 17 | The war was just what he needed , and the kind of secret department he was given could have been designed for him . |
| 18 | This was discussed with Mr Brown and as a result he was given a variable height bed which could be kept low to enable him to get in and out easily . |
| 19 | Exactly how much weight it is given will depend on the personal values of the judge and the interest value of the story . |
| 20 | He reached the hollow of her throat , passion alarmingly evident in his half-closed eyes and in the little groans of pleasure he was giving . |
| 21 | Feverishly her hands fumbled with the waistband of his trousers , desperate to give him the pleasure he was giving her . |
| 22 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 23 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I do n't deserve the help you 're giving me . ’ |
| 26 | When our appearance is being changed — in the hairdresser 's , beauty salon or fitting room — there is great vulnerability , and if we ask for assistance we are giving others considerable power to judge us , alter us and witness us stripped of normal dignity . |
| 27 | ‘ No wonder they were giving me funny looks ! ’ |
| 28 | After lunch they were given a detailed demonstration of how the Direct Banking system works and were so impressed that both accepted an invitation to join the service . |
| 29 | Under this Act they were given responsibility ‘ to make available such advice , guidance and assistance as may promote the welfare of children by diminishing the need to receive children into or keep them in care ’ . |
| 30 | As they went down into the cellar bar they were given a loud hello ! by Mary Mauchline , one of their party . |