Example sentences of "[pron] [be] given [det] [noun] " 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 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 7 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 12 | The European rabbit is also important in the diet of the feral mink , which is given little credit for culling this acknowledged pest . |
| 13 | If this possibility interests you , your main concern should be to ensure that you are given enough information to check that the retraining will be of real practical value . |
| 14 | If you are given this task it is best to write the minutes up the same day or as soon as possible after the meeting while the discussion is still fresh in your mind . |
| 15 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 16 | So in fact one of the things that you Cos usually you 're given more points here so you can get a nice curve on both sides so you get a nice Do n't go from there to there straight across . |
| 17 | You 'll not be surprised to find that in terms of national policy , I would have thought that was very clear if you were given that choice , what the policy should be . |
| 18 | ‘ You were given these mysteries , were n't you , Rachel ? ’ |
| 19 | So you would feel probably the best mechanism would be the appointment of somebody who is given that responsibility and solely that responsibility of reporting and looking after the interest of the deferred pensioners . |
| 20 | There is no case beyond this for some mysterium , an agent of non-material origins , unless information processing itself is given that status . |
| 21 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 22 | Pat told of how , when she first started knitting , she was given some patterns . |
| 23 | Miss Bhutto is spitting fury , not just over the matter of the provincial assemblies , but also because she says that she was given fewer ministries in the caretaker government ( just under a quarter ) than she deserves . |
| 24 | Proof ( Briefly ) We are given that b — a and c are both in N. Hence by axiom P(ii) ( b-a ) c ε N. It follows * that bc — ac ε N , that is |
| 25 | However , we are given that errors are likely to be proportional to t . |
| 26 | Both individually and collectively we are given many opportunities to achieve that part of the Association 's Dedication that announces ‘ We shall remember them . ’ |
| 27 | Suppose we are given some outline drawings of axes . |
| 28 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes , as when a plate of a fossil shows its matrix in detail , or that of a fish shows the river where it was caught , we are given more information than we needed — though such details may help to balance the tone of the plate and thus have an aesthetic function . |
| 30 | Tonight , though , we 're given some clues as to why the bachelor detective leads such a very private life . |