Example sentences of "[was/were] actually give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there was relatively little detail given and there were generally so few junctions remembered correctly , no attempt was made to analyse the types of information that were actually given in the descriptions , specifically , no attempt was made to classify details as central or peripheral . |
| 2 | The man who renamed a causeway across the front of the finest prospect of Snowdonia was actually given to carving breathless verses to the water sprites on the river cliffs at Dolgellau . |
| 3 | Chevenement was actually given responsibility for industry as well as research just under a year ago . |
| 4 | Contrary to the usual practice elsewhere , ‘ less than £1 ’ means a few shillings leavened by a sporadic nil assessment , rather than the opposite , for only one man in nine was actually given as nil , the majority ranging from 3s. 4d. to 18s . |
| 5 | Britain was actually given a lower standard check , on the basis that we would be using in many places our own coal , which has a quite a high sulphur content , or de-sulphurisation , we were given a lower standard , or a higher standard , or whatever it is , it was more relaxed for Britain , and that 's why I like the idea of taking this up with the M.E.D. , how it 'll happen , how it will square in his mind . |
| 6 | She was actually giving an order . |