Example sentences of "[noun pl] they were give " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will recollect the guidelines they were given themselves as children . |
| 2 | Statutes which prohibit these and other inhumane practices were simply ignored by communist cadres in their drive to meet the stringent production quotas they were given . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Lord said : ‘ These young men were wrong to take the law into their own hands but the five years they were given was excessive . |
| 4 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 5 | About six months earlier I 'd put my name down on the lists of three housing associations , because I was sick of the council houses they were giving me . |
| 6 | That was in accordance with instructions they were given . |
| 7 | Once they stopped the drugs they were giving me , my hair started to come back . |
| 8 | Doctor Gysi , also calling for ‘ social integration ’ of Stasi members , told the party 's congress : ‘ There were many honest comrades in the Stasi who loyally fulfilled their duties and who were not able to choose the tasks they were given . ’ |
| 9 | Changing direction , she hurried towards the place , and found it to be a large open space , surrounded by little shops , their shutters closed now , but by the legends she could just see painted above their doors they were given over to trade . |
| 10 | After the 36–6 defeat , Argentine coach Luis Gradin said : ‘ I was not happy with the three penalties they were given for collapsed scrums . |