Example sentences of "n't given " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't given up , but that was an ever-present temptation which had to be fought . |
| 2 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 3 | Lucy who possibly had n't given Jay a thought in four weeks ; she certainly had n't woken with Jay 's face in her mind , slept with a dream of Jay in her arms . |
| 4 | It 's true , I have n't given much thought to Mummy . |
| 5 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 6 | But I have n't given much thought to it at the moment . |
| 7 | But by 1946 , after playing the small role of Jeanne Crain 's rival in Margie , she left Fox because she felt the studio had n't given her enough big parts over the past decade . |
| 8 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
| 9 | ‘ I hope you have n't given her any . ’ |
| 10 | But it has n't given him much of a clue about setting up a restaurant . |
| 11 | Doone gave me a sorrowful stare , but I had n't given a thought to his wanting secrecy . |
| 12 | As for a job , Wilson says : ‘ I have n't given it any thought . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I had n't given up , ’ Alison was saying , ‘ it was just lack of courage . ’ |
| 14 | Then I became very angry , because we were n't given a choice about the use of these chemicals . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , you must remember , Mr McKillop , that the information I got from Elsie on that topic was n't given to me all at one time . |
| 16 | He had written telling them about his recent marriage to Rachel in Sydney , but he had n't given any address or any details of the wedding . |
| 17 | ‘ I must confess I have n't given it much thought . ’ |
| 18 | The name of the client he was visiting is n't given , but if he employs a language tutor he must be reasonably well-to-do . |
| 19 | It is rare for such declarations to be made — but that is usually because people have n't given any thought as to how best to behave and therefore have nothing to declare . |
| 20 | At Nightingale House , induction takes place over ten weeks in regular sessions with a senior member of staff , so that too much information is n't given all at once . |
| 21 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 22 | GPU has n't given up the courtroom entirely . |
| 23 | For one thing he would have to acknowledge that Sarah was not barren , so it must be his own fault she had n't given him children . |
| 24 | Dorothy explained that they had n't given her any money ; she was here as a reporter for a journal whose name they knew ; her membership of the feminist abortion campaign to which PopCon had just made a large grant was irrelevant to the present discussion ; she was just doing her job . |
| 25 | It did n't mean he had n't given someone else 's . |
| 26 | What can you expect if councils are n't given enough money to collect the rubbish ? |
| 27 | There again , we have n't given the Conservatives a go since the by-election ; we could swing back to them , that might be fun . |
| 28 | Ferguson added : ‘ I have no preconception about which particular strikers will go best together , and have n't given it a lot of thought yet . |
| 29 | Linebacker Gary Plummer said : ‘ We have n't given the fans a heck of a lot to cheer in the seven years I 've been here . |
| 30 | You may not he able to think of incentives and pressures that you can use , just because you have n't given sufficient thought to identify what the other person wants and needs and how you can match them . |