Example sentences of "was given [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Astonishingly Mathews , the only member of the murder gang to be apprehended , was given £1000 , half of which he passed to Drury . |
| 2 | In 1947 he was given permission by the Fourth International to form an independent Labour Party entry group . |
| 3 | Later on , the squadron was given permission by the King to have its own squadron badge and each member was presented by the Commanding Officer with a personal copy of it . |
| 4 | In 1903 his son was given permission to use the Portuguese royal arms as photographer to the royal family . |
| 5 | The England international was given permission to make his late dash to London for tonight 's Coca-Cola Cup replay as his family is suffering from a virus . |
| 6 | His father died shortly afterwards , and Margery was given permission by her confessor to escort her daughter-in-law as far as Ipswich , where the latter was to take ship for home . |
| 7 | It was not until Lady Diana Spencer was formally engaged to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that she was given permission to call him ‘ Charles ’ . |
| 8 | When I visited the museum , I looked at all of the chairs and was given permission to handle and try them for comfort . |
| 9 | Shandruk also indicates that , following contact with Gen Anders , the Polish commander in Italy , the division was given Permission to march through the British lines towards Italy . |
| 10 | The attendant said there was a gentleman already undressing in No. 1 Frederica received no answer to her question about numéro sept , but was given permission to stand in the corridor of the train , which was already sliding away from its platform . |
| 11 | In one concession by the government on Dec. 28 , it was given permission to publish its own newspaper , Rilindja Demokratika . |
| 12 | He was given permission to undergo tests in a Moscow hospital , but official statements from the hospital on Feb. rejected claims that he was suffering from cancer and other dangerous infirmities , and denied that any operation was planned . |
| 13 | In 1773 a London eccentric , James Cox , a goldsmith with premises off Fleet Street , was given permission by an Act of Parliament to disperse a collection of curiosities which formed a small museum he ran . |
| 14 | JINXED Ian Loughran was given permission to change the number of his house yesterday in the hope of changing his luck . |
| 15 | In the event she cycled much further , because she was given directions in the village to a riding stable . |
| 16 | The driver was given directions to take her to the doctor that Julius had contacted . |
| 17 | It was believed that the treaty had been made simply for private gain , and this view was given substance by Isabella 's appropriation of much of the £20,000 payment from Bruce . |
| 18 | When only seven years old , he was given arms and went out to do battle . |
| 19 | STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 20 | Goalkeeper Frazer Digby said he was given £1,000 as a loyalty payment , and a £50-a-game clean-sheet award when he did n't let in any goals . |
| 21 | The arrangements for auditing were reorganized by the Local Government Finance Act 1982 and the Audit Commission it established was given powers to undertake ‘ value for money ’ studies designed to help the efficiency of local authorities . |
| 22 | The switch in policy in 1978 was reinforced by the 1980 Competition Act wherein the Monopolies and Mergers Commission was given powers to investigate nationalized industries as well as private companies . |
| 23 | He was given £100,000 in damages , more than a testimonial at Elland Road would ever have reaped . |
| 24 | Deeside Training Enterprise was given £100,000 by Grampian Enterprise in 1991 to show ex-servicemen and women how best to sell their skills to civilian employers . |
| 25 | One particularly macabre statue of Saint Sebastian , arrows poking out of every limb , was given centre stage . |
| 26 | Each vidane was given forms in triplicate on which to record information about crimes . |
| 27 | I refer the Minister to the specific case of the Amoco Montrose platform — now , thankfully , closed — which was given dispensation for nine years although it was known that the accommodation facilities did not meet the fire regulation standards that apply to platforms . |
| 28 | As Assistant Adjutant , he was given tasks of little consequence , mostly dull book work concerned with parade states and the number of sick reported from the companies . |
| 29 | Unfortunately very little , er we know he 's been in prison since nineteen eighty seven and that he 's been sentenced to ten years , but we have n't been able to determine er under what charge , what happened at his trial , whether he was given defence , er access to a lawyer , those kind of things , and er Amnesty believes that he 's been er imprisoned for his beliefs . |
| 30 | The culture of the minorities of indigenous people that was given providence at the assembly . |