Example sentences of "man given " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a man given to painting there is a surprising lack of colour , of objets d'art . |
| 2 | I remember years ago being amused when a young man given to very few words came to our vicarage and burst in with the news : ‘ Jane had a baby boy this morning ! ’ still with his bedroom slippers on . |
| 3 | Never in the history of human seduction has one man given so much attention to the cause of international womanhood as the former roadsweeper from Milton . |
| 4 | Jonadab was taken aback , not being a man given to overt affection . |
| 5 | When her sister rang to say he fitted the description of a wanted man given on BBC TV 's Crimewatch UK , he told her : ‘ Do n't be silly ’ . |
| 6 | John Parker , chairman and chief executive of Harland & Wolff , is the man given the credit for the about-turn . |
| 7 | One concerned a black American man given 80 g ascorbic acid intravenously for burns ; he subsequently developed acute haemolysis and renal failure and died . |
| 8 | It was after the finding that the real work began , and Pascoe was not a man given to anticipating events . |
| 9 | ‘ Muhammad — may God bless him and grant him peace — who was , I do n't need to remind you , quite a guy — once said — and what he said was , on the whole earth , listening to — on several occasions — not that he was a man given to repeating himself — once , anyway , said — and he had a beautiful speaking voice … ’ etc. etc . |
| 10 | The man given the task of bringing the legend to life is Chelmsford-born Alex Bourne who is relishing this unabashed , foot-stomping , hand-clapping piece of rock and roll history . |
| 11 | Earlier in the tour Hugh McGahan , the Kiwis ' captain , expressed his surprise and delight at seeing his men given comparable prominence to the All Blacks — in some northern editions of the papers at least . |