Example sentences of "[be] give [art] [adv] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
| 2 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman need not think that there is any military support for the idea that in the past the Navy has argued for a three-boat solution , and he will be given a very rough time by the Navy if he makes such a suggestion . |
| 4 | Those governments that borrow short-term to cover their immediate cash-flow problems , without moving to put their finances on a sound footing , are likely to be given an even harder time by investors and credit-raters alike . |
| 5 | Large public meetings were called in the main county towns to test reaction : CEGB speakers were given a consistently hard time . |
| 6 | In comparison with the inhibition effect , however , this facilitation only occurred when the subject was given a relatively long time to read the context . |