Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] give some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 2 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 3 | Pat told of how , when she first started knitting , she was given some patterns . |
| 4 | If , however , you do not know who this person is , or might be , it would be more helpful if we were to give some indication of why we have introduced her into the conversation . |
| 5 | We were given some opportunity to explore this when making three visits to police stations in West Belfast , although the data on community policing are unsatisfactory because of the limited number of these contacts and the absence of supportive observational material . |
| 6 | They were given some money , and told to divide it into two accounts , one ‘ private ’ , one ‘ public ’ . |
| 7 | Giles 's proposal to make them subservient to government agents was rejected , but they were given some responsibility for supervising the work of both the regular police and the headmen , who were now designated the ‘ rural police ’ . |
| 8 | Educated Africans , he saw , would only fully accept European rule if they were given some access to the central institutions of government . |