Example sentences of "was [adv] give the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clark owned an estate in Tetbury which was eventually given the name Highgrove by his grandson John Paul Paul . |
| 2 | The duchess was brutally given the chop by the Louis Tussauds waxworks on Blackpool 's Golden Mile . |
| 3 | He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition . |
| 4 | Love on the Dole ( 1941 ) , with its depiction of the grimness of life for the unemployed in the Salford slums , was finally given the go-ahead . |
| 5 | A member of the Wadesbridge Camels side from the age of 13 , he was finally given the opportunity to play for Redruth in 1982 . |
| 6 | What you should do — if you were sophisticated — was just give the glass a swirl and sniff , which would tell you whether or not the wine was off . |
| 7 | ‘ Benefit of doubt ’ : A man who denied illegally overtaking on the A66 trans-Pennine route was yesterday given the ‘ benefit of the doubt ’ by Barnard Castle magistrates and found not guilty of the charge . |
| 8 | The US components divisions would hit the goddamned roof if that proposal was ever given the light of day . |
| 9 | I had to take time off work , which did n't go down too well with the furniture store which employed me , and I was promptly given the sack . |
| 10 | But he was clearly giving the orders . |
| 11 | Although the SDA was strictly a national agency , it was also given the responsibility of managing the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal Project ( GEAR ) , which was then the largest inner-city project in Britain . |
| 12 | He was also given the power to convict on any charge within his jurisdiction , even if another offence was originally specified on the charge sheet . |
| 13 | Whoever became his successor was also given the possibility of sexual satisfaction , and was by that means offered a way out of the conditions of group psychology . |
| 14 | Shortly thereafter he was also given the status of a justice of the Jews . |
| 15 | In appreciation Colbeck received a magnificent loving cup from the Royal Geographical Society , engraved with the course of the Morning , and was also given the Back grant . |
| 16 | Malima was also given the post of vice-chairman of the seven-member Planning Commission , set up to oversee economic affairs during the economic recovery programme . |
| 17 | The court was then given the results of research that had been conducted since the suit was filed in 1987 . |
| 18 | He seems not to have received a post until 964/1557 , but was then given the Kasim Pasa medrese in Istanbul at the level , thus bypassing the 20- , 30- and 40-akce grades : he would not normally , of course , receive a medrese the salary of which was less than his pension had been . |
| 19 | Bypass go-ahead at last but pressure group favours rail link The long-awaited Guisborough bypass was officially given the go-ahead by Cleveland county council on Tuesday just as a transport group called for a re-think on the multi-million pound scheme . |
| 20 | ‘ I was never given the details , but Mum did remark that you had n't had an easy time . ’ |
| 21 | That is one of the theories expressed by many why Hoddle was never given the freedom Gascoigne is now enjoying . |
| 22 | In Moscow at least , in official circles the activity in which he saw his life 's meaning was never given the recognition that it deserved . |
| 23 | I was never given the chance to write Stephen a letter explaining why I gave him up for when he is older or anything . |
| 24 | Our Hayes-compatible modem , a Miracle Technology WS3000 , needs a Return code so whilst the information was sent to the modem it was never given the go ahead to dial . |
| 25 | Set up in I 978 with the twin missions of keeping Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon and helping the Lebanese government to control the Palestinians there , it was never given the strength to do either . |
| 26 | in specific terms I ca n't remember , I would have certainly of said that for the year er nineteen eighty eight we should build into our budget an amount , what that amount was I ca n't remember , but er that was , that was never given the go ahead |
| 27 | I mean you have the idea , you want to expand advertising , which means you 've got to spend more money and you said it was never given the go ahead , who at the end of the day would decide about whether it had the go ahead or not ? |
| 28 | The Cabinet committee on a new Government Conference Centre to be built on the Storey 's Gate site ruled out the investment on grounds of cost ( it was subsequently given the go-ahead and , as of Autumn 1985 , has almost been completed ) . |
| 29 | SHEFFIELD Church Street Branch was recently given the opportunity to foster international relations with bankers from the former Soviet Union . |