Example sentences of "he [be] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he be given it ? |
| 2 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 3 | His lips even moved a little , as if he were giving himself a consultation . |
| 4 | On a normal day at home , he is given his breakfast , which he may or may not eat depending on his mood and Trish then rides him , unless she is competing in the evening , when she delays it until later . |
| 5 | He has a tacit code of conduct based upon the concept of respect , wherein if he is given his due , as man , as runner , as captain of the Olympic team , then he will respect you in return , |
| 6 | If a pianist is particularly charming and quite gifted , his failure to win the competition need not trouble him ; money is raised privately among local citizens , and he is given his own Carnegie Hall recital , perhaps , or his own scholarship to the Conservatoire in Paris , with a living allowance to provide for ‘ a minimally decent standard of living ’ — a phrase used in Forth Worth to describe what British people might call an upper middle-class lifestyle . |
| 7 | Steve Richardson , who had a 72 yesterday , says he is giving himself no chances at all on the greens , Severiano Ballesteros has temporarily lost his iron play , Jose-Maria Olazabal ( 74 yesterday ) his driving and Sandy Lyle and Montgomerie , both of whom missed the cut , their confidence . |
| 8 | He is giving it the look . |
| 9 | He faxes me , not to own up to being Clark Kent , but to draw attention to the fact that he is giving his surplus Y-fronts to Mary Loudon ( author of Nuns Unveiled , Chatto it says here ) for onward transmission to the homeless . |
| 10 | It ended by saying that Mrs Thatcher should apologise for trying to find Mr Clay a job and withdraw her request that he be given one . |
| 11 | Glenn Hoddle wo n't be naming his side , until he 's given himself a fitness test on a calf strain . |
| 12 | " Have you ever actually seen anything that he 's given her ? " |
| 13 | Mrs Lydan 's husband Bill died last year but she 'd kept dozens of stones , and pieces of jewellery which he 's given her over the years . |
| 14 | Barry 's generous to a fault : he 's given his Accident Investigation and Prevention Team to David Campbell ! ! |
| 15 | An Oxford graduate he 's given his collection of photographs … his most cherished possession … to the University 's Pitt Rivers Musuem … |
| 16 | He 's given you your wish by keeping away , ’ Lucy had reasoned . |
| 17 | He 's given you a new lease of life , has n't he , with his flattery , his sucking-up . ’ |
| 18 | He 's given your species of the sex a name . |
| 19 | And he got his name and he was up in the quarry during the morning and he 's giving him his final warning that if he does that again he 'll book him . |
| 20 | So he 's took seventy three and he 's giving her seventy three she would have earned sixty three pound on her own ! |
| 21 | It 's either this or nothing which , which it is and if you want it I mean Lesley 's not bothered about it cos he 's giving her seven hundred quid a blooming month ! |
| 22 | But then , I mean a actually I mean as I said , Lesley ai n't that bothered because of what he 's giving her |
| 23 | He 's giving me a lift to the airport . ’ |
| 24 | He 's giving me a three-month methadone course , to bring me down gradual … . |
| 25 | I do n't think he knows what he 's giving me 'cos you 're just as addicted to them as you are to smack . |
| 26 | So he 's giving me five thousand three hundred part exchange so the car , that car , cost ten thousand five hundred . |
| 27 | He 's giving his to the pub . |
| 28 | Tomorrow he 's giving his first ever lecture at the University Examination School , which is actually open to anyone , not just students . |
| 29 | The only reason he 's giving it to us is cos he 's thinks that we did n't have an increase last year . |
| 30 | We we he 's giving us free advertising in there for issue anyway |