Example sentences of "they were [adv] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , they were probably given to them secondhand an'all |
| 2 | The Mathematics department felt that their allocation was being eroded as other weightings increased , so they were finally given a weighting of 1.2 . |
| 3 | At eleven , three hours after they had been ordered to report , they were finally given instructions to board a train . |
| 4 | Since the stonemasons were usually allowed to create their own designs , they were also given the freedom to crack good jokes . |
| 5 | They were given an ounce of twist tobacco a week and two at Christmas , when they were also given a pint of beer . |
| 6 | They were also given the job of erecting direction signs to the nearest lavatory in corridors and at the exits to lecture rooms . |
| 7 | As Charles II 's reign progressed , they were gradually to give up their earlier hopes of remodelling the established church into a closer conformity to European Protestantism , and to lend their support instead to the nonconformist struggle for the right to worship outside its boundaries . |
| 8 | But if they were then given a choice of several kinds of seeds they would show sudden switches in preference , even though the seeds were chemically much the same . |
| 9 | The Frome Turnpike Trustees have returned to the scene ; the powers vested in them by previous legislation having been insufficient to meet their needs , they were now given a helping hand on 19 June 1797 , with : |
| 10 | More and more they were now given the title of " extraordinary " , even when they remained for long periods at the courts to which they were sent : increasingly the term , applied to either an ambassador or an envoy , became a mere title of honour . |
| 11 | More time they were certainly given . |
| 12 | I 'm not entirely clear what was said , but erm , they were certainly given no commitment to an an interview |
| 13 | They were sparingly given , and the deed had to be exceptional for any award to be made ; many of the Carnegie Medals were given posthumously . |
| 14 | Singer then asked respondents to say how they first heard about the Detroit riot , and what details they were initially given . |
| 15 | They were never given any work to do . |
| 16 | Boys in those days they were always given the best education . |
| 17 | The British complained when they were only given a quarter of new EC fishing quotas despite providing sixty per cent of the fishing grounds . |