Example sentences of "given a few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
2 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
3 | Most of them were accorded pseudonyms ( ‘ I will call her Sylvia ’ ) and given a few lines of narrative , where their function was little more than to illustrate our hero 's appetite and prowess . |
4 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
5 | I had once given a few lessons to a nun at a convent not far from where I lived , so that I was slightly known there . |