Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [was/were] give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ When I was given it I believed it came from Barbara Coleman . |
2 | Schoolgirl fantasies were fulfilled when I was given my own dressing room and bathrobe . |
3 | China ( cinchona ) is a remedy which is indicated in this situation , and when she was given it , she rapidly regained her energy and vitality . |
4 | She certainly seemed to thrive on responsibility when she was given it . |
5 | Mummy dropped it when she was giving it to me . |
6 | Actually what we 'll do is we 'll give you Er you 're probably a bit bigger than you were when we were giving you three er on three times a day . |
7 | Those who saw it at the time have never been able to erase the startling impact that it made when it was given its short-lived British premiere at Sadler 's Wells in 1965 . |
8 | But when he was given his chance at half-time , he scored within two minutes , grabbing his 19th goal in his 41st game for his country , and his eighth in his last eight appearances with an unstoppable header . |
9 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |