Example sentences of "when [pron] were give " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the crew helped us aboard and I soon forgot my fright when we were given bananas to eat . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Just when we were giving up he suggested Emerald and it that makes sense — the Emerald band on the Emerald label . |
| 4 | When they were given to patients with high blood pressure , the immediate results were encouraging . |
| 5 | In the late 1920s W. Embden , professor of physiology at the University of Frankfurt , found that German miners produced 20 per cent more coal when they were given 7 grams a day , decidedly a harmful dose , of sodium hydrogen phosphate . |
| 6 | For example , in Pavlov 's classical experiments , hungry dogs heard music when they were given food . |
| 7 | In fact , it came as a complete surprise to the hoteliers of Ramsey when they were given notice to quit their premises within six days , leaving behind ‘ all furniture , bedding , linen , cutlery , crockery and utensils ’ . |
| 8 | When they were given a choice between a familiar and a novel member of the opposite sex , birds might actually choose the familiar even when the novel really did not look so very different to our eyes ( Miller , 1979 ; Bateson , 1980 ; Slater & Clements , 1981 ) . |
| 9 | This meant that even the more suspicious members of the Applied Psychology Unit 's general subject panel who took part in later studies appeared to be genuinely surprised when they were given subsequent memory tests . |
| 10 | None of the 5HT antagonists or the 5HT 4 agonist , SC53116 , significantly altered ICJ transit when they were given ip during ia infusion of saline ( Table II ) . |
| 11 | The auctioneer says they can fetch up to £20,000 , not bad when they were given away free originally . |
| 12 | ‘ Whereas we had a comfortable semi-final win on Saturday , Powerhouse were forced to show their hand when they were given such a hard match by Jets in their semi-final , ’ said Stokes , who was an interested spectator . |
| 13 | And they used to call on when they were giving the turns to go there and load . |