Example sentences of "[adv] given over [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Cult of Pleasure is revealed as being secretly given over to the worship of Slaanesh . |
| 2 | Much of the meeting was apparently given over to the specific role X/Open will play . |
| 3 | Much of the meeting was apparently given over to the specific role that X/Open will play . |
| 4 | Lucie 's thoughts were entirely given over to the pain in his chest ; he was overrun with pain . |
| 5 | The result was the meaty and woolly Southdown sheep , whose extensive use kept the local downland primarily as pasture , unlike chalkland elsewhere , which was largely given over to the plough in the later eighteenth century . |
| 6 | What remained of the gardens was now given over to the university 's botany department , and so the building had been able to retain much of its outward character . |
| 7 | And the modern art in my cellar areas is chiefly given over to the discovery of fresh talent and new Bristol artists , some of whom still attempt the famous perspectives of the Gorge and the Bridge . |
| 8 | ‘ If there ever was anywhere given over to the normal and the expected , it 's a disco at Hadleigh . ’ |