Example sentences of "[pron] 'd be given " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been given it when I was seven but I 'd never learnt to play it . |
| 2 | I 'd been given a pair of lime green webbed gloves as a wedding present by Roger , my surfing guru in Newquay . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , ’ I said , turning sharply on her and utilizing advice I 'd been given by Charlie about the treatment of women : Keep 'em keen , treat 'em mean . |
| 4 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 5 | I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ? |
| 6 | Like the other women , I 'd recently left my own home because I could n't carry on there any longer and I 'd been given safe spaces by friends with room to spare . |
| 7 | I had been in trouble before , but then I 'd been given probation and community work . |
| 8 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 9 | I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday . |
| 10 | At 6 o'clock I dialled the telephone number I 'd been given ‘ for emergencies only ’ . |
| 11 | She said I 'd been given all I 'd get and I said it was n't enough . ’ |
| 12 | He throws me out anyway , a bad influence , a bad example , coming from the kind of home I did , I should know better , I 'd been given every chance . |
| 13 | I can still see him sitting there at his desk , me standing in front , yelling at me how lucky I was , how I 'd been given everything , was this all I could do with it . |
| 14 | if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er |
| 15 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 16 | Now I 'd also in this time rung up the er forwarding address in Manchester , rung up the telephone number I 'd been given of the forwarding address . |
| 17 | Some might say that you 'd been given a job and failed to do it . |
| 18 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 19 | What else could you do if you 'd been given no further guidance ? |
| 20 | Would you have voted in favour of the sale of the house if you 'd been given the chance . |
| 21 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 22 | She 'd been given a rail warrant to Lowestoft , where the RTO had handed her over to the navy . |
| 23 | While she was away , she made a quick phone call to the British Intelligence number she 'd been given . |
| 24 | The task she 'd been given was quite unachievable . |
| 25 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 26 | Following the directions she 'd been given , Shannon came to the theatre stage door a few minutes later . |
| 27 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 28 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 29 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 30 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |