Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Suppose we are given some outline drawings of axes . |
| 4 | An excuse for not consulting him was given much later — as part of this close island community , he may also have been involved . |
| 5 | I phoned the Edinburgh office again the nex and I thought I 'm giving this up I 'm gon na write |
| 6 | ‘ Does this mean you 're giving more consideration to strangers than to me ? ’ |
| 7 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 8 | And erm he he said it 's stupid , he said they were given all this and it 's the homework it 's nothing to do with the revision you 've got to do in his the exams ! |
| 9 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 10 | To help this , she has insisted they be given more time to rehearse . |
| 11 | ‘ Have you been given some ? ’ |
| 12 | Erm you see we were given this test , right , it was on gravity or something |