Example sentences of "was given [n mass] " 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 STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’
3 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 .
4 He was given £100,000 in damages , more than a testimonial at Elland Road would ever have reaped .
5 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 .
6 The allocator was given $10 and asked to divide the cash between himself and the receiver .
7 Matthew Prince was given £2,000 for each of the four whacks he received aged 15 at Brighton College , Sussex .
8 Eddie Heley , Maintenance Fitter , was given £10 for an idea that could reduced wear and save down time on Axminster looms by fitting hardened brushes to the sneck sleeve bracket .
9 Bulstrode Whitelocke , English ambassador there in 1653 – 54 , was given £2,500 worth of the metal which was eventually cast into guns for the navy ( though he also received a miniature of Queen Christina in a diamond setting and the heir to the throne , the future Charles X , gave him a gold box set on one side with diamonds and with Charles 's portrait on the other ) .
10 He was given £2 for his troubles .
11 He was given £2 10 0d to travel to Stockport .
12 Twelve schools submitted satisfactory proposals and each was given £400 to help carry out its project .
13 Aged 18 , she was given £50,000 from the fund to buy her famous Colherne Court flat , where she lived until her engagement to Charles .
14 The convicted man 's counsel said that Mr Kevin Sarbutts was given £6,500 by an assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard after the trial .
15 In 1989 Conisborough Castle in South Yorkshire was given ECU 0.151 million for the construction of a heritage and visitor centre with audio-visual facilities .
16 Anyway I was given sixpence , fourpence for the papers and tuppence for myself .
17 The government rejected the highest offer , fudged the auction rules , then accepted a revised offer from the third-highest bidder , who was given 26% of the bank 's shares .
18 Each adult in the group of 51 who were sent back yesterday was given $30 pocket money , and each child $15 .
19 Also the boy 's 15s. 0d. doctor 's bill was paid by the Club , and he was given 9s. 0d. compensation .
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