Example sentences of "i be given [art] " in BNC.

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1 I have a battle to win and would ask only that I am given the chance to do so without intrusion in my private life .
2 ‘ If I 'm given a challenge I have to have a go at it , ’ he admits , reflecting on the guiding principles that have taken him to the top of two major industries .
3 I believe that if I 'm given the chance to fight the George Forman of old , the George Forman of today would be the better .
4 I were given the chance .
5 I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up .
6 I was given a cutting a few years ago by my sister and have subsequently passed on cuttings but have never known the proper name of it or much about it .
7 Last year I was given a beautiful blue pot hydrangea which I planted in the garden when it finished flowering .
8 In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year .
9 As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present .
10 I was given a chauffeur-driven tour of Beverly Hills and then taken to the famous Sunset Marquee Hotel . ’
11 Environmentalists have supported the miners against Pittston strip-mining and long-wall techniques , and I was given a badge which proclaimed ‘ I 'm Pro-Union and Pro-Choice ’ , linking the strike with the most inflammable issue in US politics today , abortion rights .
12 I was given a list of 12 absolutes that if the promoter could not provide , I was to cancel the gig on the spot .
13 I was given a choice .
14 I stayed there only a few days , and then for some reason I was removed to the Colegio Fray Luis de Leon , where I was given a somewhat larger and more comfortable room .
15 I was given a pile of sacristy wash rather than vests , sheets and shirts .
16 Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school .
17 ‘ On reporting , ’ he recalled , ‘ I was given a piece of steel ( distorted ) , a hacksaw , a file and a square and told to make two sides square , which I quickly did . ’
18 As a final gesture of international goodwill , I was given a massive injection into my rump , before being released on Friday morning .
19 Recently , I was given a copy of an old book , A guide to the Fishing Inns of Scotland , by R. Crombie Saunders , one-time editor of The Scottish Angler , and published in 1951 .
20 After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions .
21 As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate .
22 I was given a day off of my annual leave to think it over .
23 For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat .
24 We had just started our first lectures , when apart from helping to prepare the Sulphonamide paper I was given a weekend off to visit City Temple friends who had started a Community House at Highbury New Park .
25 I was given a lovely bit of home-made cake for tea and that lifted my spirits tremendously .
26 As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness .
27 I was given a card to copy from .
28 Once after I had recited at the Guild I was given a pair of woollen gloves , speckled coloured , and with cuffs , which was quite an unexpected treat .
29 I was given a hero 's welcome when I visited my local pub , ’ says dockworker Jimmy , 38 .
30 While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative .
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