Example sentences of "[adv] give [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was eventually given my clothes back , but they were all muddy and damp because I 'd been on gardens . |
| 2 | Parliament has expressly given him power to intervene when the local authority is acting unreasonably . |
| 3 | Heard Island , comparatively tiny , has little open ground and a smaller range of habitats ; comparative remoteness has presumably given it fewer opportunities to acquire a flora . |
| 4 | Yesterday the ten-minute Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) was overwhelmingly given its First Reading with a majority of 200 , with all-party support . |
| 5 | Just a month later , on 25 November 1944 , The Soldier 's Tale was successfully given its premiere by the Ballet Club at the Alhambra , Cape Town . |
| 6 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 7 | Erm I 'm surprised that slightly surprised that with council and Hugh were willing to go down given what we had given our information about how dangerous or not the site actually is . |
| 8 | For instance , a book issued is not necessarily a book read , and a book read has not ( as discussed above ) necessarily given its reader what he or she wanted . |
| 9 | If you had only given me my wife and children : Dayenu ! ’ |
| 10 | Simply to say ‘ I was going to speak to you about a wonderfully deserving and little-known charity but the producers have only given me twenty-two seconds because they 're cutting straight to a sponsored lard-slice in Abergavenny , so I wo n't . ’ |
| 11 | It would take a hundred lifetimes merely to skim the surface and , alas , we are only given one . |
| 12 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 13 | The National Rivers Authority has only given its approval for half the planned graveyard . |
| 14 | But , but the other thing about giving them a standardised test at the re , when when they first arrived with us , is when you get the parent who comes and says well how they were level five in the primary school and you 've only given them level four ? |
| 15 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 16 | A man buys a razor and shaving cream and later returns saying you have only given him change for £5 instead of £10 . |
| 17 | Jacqui had only given him the Christian name . |
| 18 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 19 | The Foreign Office had only given him permission to join the Army on the understanding that he would return to Abyssinia when his leave expired . |
| 20 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 21 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 22 | . He 's only given you one of those . |
| 23 | But they would have only given you a book for |
| 24 | I 've only given you one sprout so you 're alright . |
| 25 | Hitherto , the Greeks had instinctively interpreted their experience through their myths and so given it " the stamp of the eternal " . |
| 26 | How do you feel about this year 's showing ? ( a ) Speaker : There were forty-seven competing , so given our limited experience of the event I think we did quite well . |
| 27 | Daily contact with infants in the crèche ( next to the sixth-form coffee bar ) , the elderly , the frail , the physically and mentally disabled , employed people who come to us for literacy support or computing courses , active retired people attending daytime A-level classes , members of the community using our library , students on the threshold of professional careers in music playing with non-too-gifted amateurs engaged in recreation , academically-gifted students about to enter university engaged in social work with our special-needs students , has perhaps given us an unusually clear insight into the different ways people need and want education and the different circumstances in which it enriches their lives . |
| 28 | He had certainly researched Grantham and Marsh and the testimonial Sebastian had purportedly given her was in line with the high regard in which she had been told she was held by the company , although she 'd hardly expected to be given such a glowing recommendation . |
| 29 | How often did they stray closer to the plant than they should , especially given its stark attraction as the only prominent feature in an otherwise flat coastline ? |
| 30 | Indeed the Professor 's raps frequently fail to rise above their musical platforms , which is by no means necessarily a bad thing ( especially given their content ) , since said platforms score highly on the think-I'm-gonna-dance register . |