Example sentences of "[pron] was give [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was given two year option in the first place , so so |
| 2 | I saved on the knitted things by making all his little woollies myself and I was given six baby vests . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 5 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 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 | I was giving that table a lot of attention . |
| 13 | As I was giving this description it came to me that I was talking about someone else . |
| 14 | Arrese got together a study-group of hard-line Falangists , whose mission was to draft four documents : a new version of the Party Statutes , which had last been revised seventeen years earlier , in August 1939 ; a law of the Fundamental Principles of the State , which was to encapsulate the basic tenets of Francoism ; a law of the Movement , which was to give legal form to the distinction between " the Party " , FET y de las JONS , as a clearly delimited group of political activists , and " the Movement " , which encompassed all those who actively or passively subscribed to the values which inspired Francoism ; and an Organizational Law of the Government , which was to lay down ground-rules for the legislative and executive powers of the government . |
| 15 | Equity was not an issue which was given serious consideration . |
| 16 | The media law , which was given final approval by the Senate ( upper house of parliament ) on Aug. 5 , regulated advertising time on state and private television and defined the proportions of Italian , European or other films which could be shown . |
| 17 | MPs had been pressing for an enquiry following the publication of a damning report on the state of school discipline by the Professional Association of Teachers in 1987 , which was given prominent coverage in the press . |
| 18 | The dolphin received further protection in 1975 , when the District Magistrate of Sukkur made trapping or killing of dolphins illegal under a Criminal Procedure Code , which was given extensive publicity by drums , through radio and newspapers , and by placing posters in key locations . |
| 19 | Italy was a major donor among European countries and Greece announced that it would make available US$70,000,000 for agricultural development , which was given high priority . |
| 20 | She was given concentrated treatment over each weekend . |
| 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 | She was given extended leave from the show by bosses at Grundy , who were already losing the battle to persuade her to stay on as Charlene . |
| 23 | Further results showed that her immunoglobulins were low , particularly IgG with a value of 5.11 g/l , and she was given intravenous immunoglobulin ( Gammimmune-N , 25 g ) to aid her recovery . |
| 24 | I know that the rules for feature-page articles are different from those for reviews , but I do think that Alan Clark , who was given large space on the Times ’ main feature page , could have got around to mentioning the book from which he had taken the material for his strictures of Churchill before his last two paragraphs : ‘ And yet , so docile and leader-oriented is the Conservative Party [ Whoops ! |
| 25 | Also when we was giving this demonstration for the people in Bloxwich for the , our unit in King George 's playing fields , we 'd got all our weaponry on , on , on show what we 'd got Vickers machine gun , the Brownings rifles this anti-tank bomb anti-tank tube , whatever you li gun , whatever you like to call it , but also we 'd got what , what was termed a bucket bomb . |
| 26 | Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision . |
| 27 | It is regrettable that the friend will be hurt if his advice is not followed after it was given due consideration , or at least it is regrettable that he will be hurt to a degree which justifies this reaction . |
| 28 | And it was given new nourishment by a series of Hitler speeches in late 1940 and early 1941 which aimed to strengthen confidence in final victory and create the impression that the decisive strike to end the war — people still presumed that it would be against Britain — would take place in the course of the next twelve months . |
| 29 | The concept of the church as heaven on earth was as old as Byzantium , but it was given new impetus in these confections of the Holy Roman Empire 's last century . |
| 30 | It was a manifesto for change , and although it was given greater publicity by the Tories and the local press than by the Labour Party , it was with this manifesto that Labour increased its majority in Haringey . |