Example sentences of "were given over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dinner parties were given over to discussion of the choices before customers . |
| 2 | At their 1988 conference , four keynote sessions were given over to what was entitled ‘ Church Planting — Our Future Hope ’ , which just about sums it up . |
| 3 | And as more and more of these areas were given over to cultivation , crop-raiding increased and so did the toll of human lives . |
| 4 | Changing direction , she hurried towards the place , and found it to be a large open space , surrounded by little shops , their shutters closed now , but by the legends she could just see painted above their doors they were given over to trade . |
| 5 | And so its lower acres were given over to recreational pursuits . |
| 6 | Afternoons were given over to village leave , organised games , set walks , leisure periods and detention . |