Example sentences of "i [be] given [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the rating officer was part time with the council , and one day , a rent collector was taken ill , and then I was given a five shilling bag of copper and told to go and collect these |
| 2 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 3 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 4 | I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference . |
| 5 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 6 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 7 | After about six months Stateside and more operations , I was given a medical discharge with 100% disability ’ . |
| 8 | I was given a brisk homily by the sister in charge about how ill Toby was , and that my allowance was no more than ten minutes . |
| 9 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 10 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 11 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 12 | I was given a sympathetic hearing , but it seemed as if the only people who really agreed with me were the relatives of the hostages . |
| 13 | As a final gesture of international goodwill , I was given a massive injection into my rump , before being released on Friday morning . |
| 14 | ‘ I was given a chauffeur-driven tour of Beverly Hills and then taken to the famous Sunset Marquee Hotel . ’ |
| 15 | My interest in MacDonald began when I was given a well-worn copy of his Unspoken Sermons . |
| 16 | I was given a lovely bit of home-made cake for tea and that lifted my spirits tremendously . |
| 17 | On the second offence I was given a suspended sentence . |
| 18 | I was given a guided tour of the shop floor before the interview . |
| 19 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 20 | I mean , when I , when I was a kid I got , erm , I was given an Australian doll baby , and which was funny cos it had an amazing sun tan and dark blue eyes and blonde hair , like typical Ozzie child . |
| 21 | Finally , I was given an experimental drug and I managed to pull through . ’ |
| 22 | Soon she took my visits for granted and I was given the spare key to let myself in the door . |
| 23 | Although some of these may have been cases of a genuine change of religious commitment , in many I was given the strong impression that these were people who had come to the church regularly at the time when they were building their political careers but who had subsequently fallen away and now professed no strong denominational attachment . |
| 24 | I was given the inside lane and I was furious and protested . |
| 25 | I C I was given the unfortunate impression with management more interested in running a big chemical company than in maximizing shareholder returns . |