Example sentences of "[is] [adv] given a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audience is thus given a cue as to what is likely to happen , and dramatic tension is created by the characters ' knowing as much as they do , but carrying on regardless . |
| 2 | ‘ Nobody 's ever given a member of staff here flowers before , ’ he observed with a twinkle . |
| 3 | He says to me , ‘ Tip , I 'm going to give you more money than anyone 's ever given a caddie before , but just look after my clubs . |
| 4 | Apparently , if a baby kicks and is repeatedly given a response to that kick by touch , it can become highly responsive when it enters the world . |
| 5 | He is also given a lien on any goods which he is himself supposed to return . |
| 6 | There needs to be a facility whereby one is automatically informed that the entry at which one is looking has a cross-reference to it in another part of the dictionary , and whereby one is immediately given a display of this cross reference ( or all of them , if there are several ) if one wants to check it . |