Example sentences of "[pron] [be] give [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I have been approached to consider seeking a nomination in another ward and I am giving that some consideration .
2 I am giving this judgment in open court at the request of all parties .
3 When will I be given some responsibility ?
4 Chairman I 'm , I 'm conscious that this amended recommendation will cause some disappointment among the support of the Brandon bypass , but I generally feel that some form of agreement can be reached with Norfolk County Council and Breckland District Council and indeed the Norfolk Member of Parliament , if I 'm given more time to review the situation in the light of other proposals on the A eleven , the A one three , four and in Thetford .
5 I ca n't start drawing conclusions until I 'm given some data . ’
6 And I 'm giving all this up .
7 So that 's the background of why I 'm giving this as long retired er tax inspector the mean , my own department has got a bit mean .
8 I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write
9 I 'm giving some instruction .
10 I was given such a very early start in the game and looking back now I think of it as an even more remarkable achievement than I did at the time , ’ says Dozzell .
11 I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue .
12 We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave .
13 I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . "
14 After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food .
15 I was given some repulsive food which , by the end of the second day , I trained myself to eat .
16 erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years .
17 If I 'm not teaching I 'm marking in th to actually get a lecture through cos I was given this with about a weeks ' notice you see , so I did n't have a chance to prepare the stuff for this course other than as we go along Right ?
18 I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come .
19 After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school !
20 I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom .
21 Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same .
22 I was giving that table a lot of attention .
23 As I was giving this description it came to me that I was talking about someone else .
24 laugh , unfortunately you ca n't erm ca n't erm when I was giving this similar lecture two or three years ago , erm there was er a student in the class she put up her hand she said yes , she said that 's absolutely right she said , what you 're saying about the female does n't have to submit she said I used to work as a , as a stable maid at Newmarket at a stud farm and she said er you 've got ta have five people for er er to cover a mare .
25 But er , I was giving this er I 'd been giving it a stroke , and er it 's sort of dying to be fussed , but I do n't think they give it any attention across there .
26 However it is current , and its coverage — fiction , biography , travel , hobbies , popular science , etc. — is of subjects which interest the public library 's clientele , and which are given little critical attention by other sources .
27 The European rabbit is also important in the diet of the feral mink , which is given little credit for culling this acknowledged pest .
28 And it usually leads to the second thing which is to give some testimony .
29 Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him .
30 ‘ Have you been given some ? ’
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