Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] give [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All of them are given a warm Irish welcome to make them feel at home . ’
2 I am to give the first reading .
3 The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has stated that , in the longer term — I am giving the hon. Member for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) his answer .
4 I 'm giving a temporary home to an unmarried mother in return for typing help .
5 I 'm giving a thousand
6 if I 'm giving a single ear piece , cos they wo n't be quiet , otherwise they will get lost that way
7 Ah he said , smashing , I thought I 'm giving a little bit back see ?
8 She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you .
9 erm And as I said , we 're trying to , not that I 'm giving the opposite view to Doctor Plumtree , as I said , we 're trying to fund the people on the front line , you know , the foresters in their back yard , as it were , we 're trying to preserve it , and we also feel we 're not being patronising , it 's not like we 're writing out a large cheque and saying ’ here you are ’ , we 're actually putting a lot of time and effort into this , I mean , it 's now become a full time job for me and certainly for Dave Kester , and all the other people working on it .
10 Now I was given a small , whitewashed room at the end of the long wooden balcony that ran the entire length of the house , above a courtyard shaded by long pergolas of vines .
11 And the rating officer was part time with the council , and one day , a rent collector was taken ill , and then I was given a five shilling bag of copper and told to go and collect these
12 After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions .
13 As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness .
14 While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative .
15 For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat .
16 I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference .
17 I was given a good speaking part and enjoyed making the film .
18 ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit .
19 After about six months Stateside and more operations , I was given a medical discharge with 100% disability ’ .
20 I was given a brisk homily by the sister in charge about how ill Toby was , and that my allowance was no more than ten minutes .
21 As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate .
22 Last year I was given a beautiful blue pot hydrangea which I planted in the garden when it finished flowering .
23 I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood .
24 Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school .
25 I was given a sympathetic hearing , but it seemed as if the only people who really agreed with me were the relatives of the hostages .
26 As a final gesture of international goodwill , I was given a massive injection into my rump , before being released on Friday morning .
27 I was given a chauffeur-driven tour of Beverly Hills and then taken to the famous Sunset Marquee Hotel . ’
28 My interest in MacDonald began when I was given a well-worn copy of his Unspoken Sermons .
29 I was given a lovely bit of home-made cake for tea and that lifted my spirits tremendously .
30 On the second offence I was given a suspended sentence .
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