Example sentences of "[coord] i [be] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Now then … in 1959 your husband came to the conclusion , and I am given to understand that you fully agreed , that it would be a sensible step for him to take employment for 15 months with a construction firm in Central America , in order to save the larger part of his salary Nenna protested that she had never exactly thought it sensible , it was the parting of lovers , which must always be senseless , but they 'd both of them thought that David , Panama , would be a wretched place to take small children to . |
| 2 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 3 | ‘ But I have been approached to consider seeking a nomination in another ward and I am giving that some consideration . |
| 4 | And I 'm giving a voice to the hundreds of people who do n't have a voice . |
| 5 | And I 'm giving you this ultimatum : tomorrow night I come into this bed and if you try to stop me , you 'll end up next door for the remainder of your days . ’ |
| 6 | And I 'm giving all this up . |
| 7 | And I 'm giving it three wipes each time . |
| 8 | And anyway , Jersey 's barely overseas and I 'm giving up a day 's holiday here . ’ |
| 9 | Environmentalists have supported the miners against Pittston strip-mining and long-wall techniques , and I was given a badge which proclaimed ‘ I 'm Pro-Union and Pro-Choice ’ , linking the strike with the most inflammable issue in US politics today , abortion rights . |
| 10 | A place had been set for one and I was given bread and a bowl of goulash . ’ |
| 11 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 12 | Details of the flight with map references , operating heights , times and working radius around a point were agreed , and I was given a reference number for future contacts . |
| 13 | Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door . |
| 14 | Although I was shackled to a radiator , my blindfold was removed and I was given a cup of water and a sweetmeat . |
| 15 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 16 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 17 | Well i it it meant er Monday mornings you went out , you were given er an area in the town , and I was given the money area , as I termed it , Road and that . |
| 18 | I needed four ; two for the pram and two for the cot , and I was given two more . |
| 19 | I saved on the knitted things by making all his little woollies myself and I was given six baby vests . |
| 20 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 21 | I was advised by my legal advisers in the Department , and subsequently by first Treasury counsel , that that order was beyond the power of the court , and I was given leave to apply for it to be varied or discharged . |
| 22 | I spent some time in discussion in Oman , not about the minesweepers but about the much more valuable corvette order that the Omanis are seeking to place , and I was given very satisfactory assurances by His Majesty the Sultan about those orders . |
| 23 | You will recall that I wrote to you in June requesting that this work be carried out , and I was given a job number ( which I do not have to hand ) , but no date for the work to be done . |
| 24 | ‘ I was out with Annsley one evening and I was giving him some stick about not putting something back into the game , ’ said Armstrong . |
| 25 | and the night we slept in the garden and the night before we went we , Mrs was taken ill and I was giving her , tepid sponges up and the towel where she was sleeping in the garden |
| 26 | They ca n't bite you , but I was given a bottle of gin and told to go out and sit on the stairs . |
| 27 | All very ordinary , but I was given the impression that somehow we were just that little bit better than the other families in our street . |
| 28 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You 're very funny but I 'm giving you a warning . |
| 30 | But I 'm giving you four extra and taking these two out . |