Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When will I be given some responsibility ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I ca n't start drawing conclusions until I 'm given some data . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was given two , and I was told by my nurse never to let them near the fire or they 'd melt . |
| 5 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 6 | I needed four ; two for the pram and two for the cot , and I was given two more . |
| 7 | I was given two year option in the first place , so so |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I saved on the knitted things by making all his little woollies myself and I was given six baby vests . |
| 10 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 11 | My job as a curate took mornings , afternoons and evenings , six days a week — I was given one day off — so there was no time to get fit by walking . |
| 12 | At Christmas I was given one of Brynley 's old books with his name crossed out and a torch or a diary thrown in . |
| 13 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 16 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 17 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 18 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 19 | I was given some repulsive food which , by the end of the second day , I trained myself to eat . |
| 20 | I was given anti- depressants , that did n't help and it was n't until four years later when they actually admitted me to hospital and then an ulcer and the depression disappeared once it had been diagnosed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ! |
| 25 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 26 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 27 | ‘ Have you been given some ? ’ |
| 28 | This exercise is similar , but here you are given polysyllabic words and a tone ; you must draw an appropriate pitch movement between the lines . |
| 29 | Where VMS System Management decisions have to be made , you are given all the relevant information to enable you to correctly determine your requirements . |
| 30 | However , if you are given advance warning , think about the stay and about the meals you will have to provide . |