Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] given [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , they have argued against almost every EC directive which would have improved women 's poor position in the work force , increased their opportunities and given them increased freedom to work . |
| 2 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 3 | We 've had times when we 've written to commercials and given them free tickets to dig ourselves out of a hole and things . |
| 4 | By the time you 've bought them some cigarettes and given them some money for the pub and said well if there er and the car has n't got any petrol so you pay for ten pounds worth of petrol . |
| 5 | I have dusted down others and given them sacrilegious new twists , incorporating nuts into rolypoly , for example , and using kumquats instead of lemons for old-fashioned Sussex Pond Pudding . |