Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] be give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off . |
| 2 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
| 3 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 4 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
| 5 | Then , as they came out onto an open stretch of bitten turf at the foot of the hill where the rabbits were running , as though a signal had been given a universal clamour broke out , a clatter , a din of singing , from the unseen roof-tops of the village behind them , from the beeches on the Down , from the ash trees that stood like singing poles in the hedgerows along the hollow track , from every tree it seemed of the whole vast forest birds were singing and singing and demanding to be heard . |
| 6 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 7 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 8 | A top line interior decorator had been given a free hand when Hugo had bought the triplex two years ago and no expense had been spared — the walls were hung with some of Hugo 's collection of Old Masters , glowing against the background of watered silk , the shelves were lined with leather bound first editions which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open , much less read , every nook and cranny was filled with treasures and objets d'art displayed on dainty pedestals . |
| 9 | Large domestic pots at West Stow had been given a thin coating of day on the outside after they had been fired ; this layer is usually slightly reddened as a result of partial firing ( West 1985 , p. 129 ) . |
| 10 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 11 | Reagan 's suite had been given a special phone number for the occasion , but the postmistress did n't believe in such nonsense . |
| 12 | Formalities over , our routine search of the yacht revealed that , amongst other educational subjects the boys had been given a practical lesson in how to avoid paying the duty on a considerable quantity of wines and spirits . |
| 13 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 14 | Suzy , an obese 3-year-old girl , was failing to lose weight even though her mother had been given a strict diet . |