Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the group was formed £17,000 has been donated to the Third World causes mainly through Cafod . |
| 2 | Astonishingly Mathews , the only member of the murder gang to be apprehended , was given £1000 , half of which he passed to Drury . |
| 3 | STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was given £100,000 in damages , more than a testimonial at Elland Road would ever have reaped . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The allocator was given $10 and asked to divide the cash between himself and the receiver . |
| 8 | Matthew Prince was given £2,000 for each of the four whacks he received aged 15 at Brighton College , Sussex . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | He was given £2 for his troubles . |
| 12 | He was given £2 10 0d to travel to Stockport . |
| 13 | Twelve schools submitted satisfactory proposals and each was given £400 to help carry out its project . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The convicted man 's counsel said that Mr Kevin Sarbutts was given £6,500 by an assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard after the trial . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Anyway I was given sixpence , fourpence for the papers and tuppence for myself . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Each adult in the group of 51 who were sent back yesterday was given $30 pocket money , and each child $15 . |
| 20 | Also the boy 's 15s. 0d. doctor 's bill was paid by the Club , and he was given 9s. 0d. compensation . |
| 21 | Rent is also specified in the case of John Swyft at Hene , Worcs. , as well as the three co-owners of a property at Stourbridge ; even more circumstantially the prior of Worcester was assigned £5. 13s. 4d. a year ‘ for rente of ye farm of ye manor ’ of Bredicote . |
| 22 | A BABY was catapulted 70ft along a road strapped in his car seat after a horror smash — and escaped with a broken arm . |
| 23 | In 1974 he was fined £75 and banned for three matches when he refused to leave the pitch after being sent off in a Manchester United match . |
| 24 | Parratt was fined £75 for obstructing the police . |
| 25 | He was fined £75 and ordered to pay £25 costs and £15.77 compensation for the petrol . |
| 26 | Salomon Brothers , a big investment bank , was fined $1.3m by the New York Stock Exchange . |
| 27 | In January Habitat was fined £3,600 for similar offences in Croydon , south London . |
| 28 | Julia Pledger , owner/director of Fitzbillies , took her case to Cambridge Crown Court after she was fined £900 on each of 15 counts ( Caterer & Hotelkeeper , 30 May–5 June ) . |
| 29 | Righton was fined £900 by Evesham court , Worcs , after he admitted importing and possessing indecent material . |
| 30 | Urben admitted breaking into the carpet shop and was fined £60 by the city 's magistrates . |