Example sentences of "[was/were] given a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These discussions were given a sense of urgency by the bitter railway strike of October 1919 . |
| 2 | Pauline and Chris Russell were given a hi-fi for Christmas . |
| 3 | The funeral feast was under way and we were given a quantity of meat . |
| 4 | Passengers were given a choice of menu : Chicken tikka Massala or vegetable curry . |
| 5 | I believe they were given a home with luck and Arab backing , but then they wanted a State which they got , I believe they were entitled to one . |
| 6 | Jarrow were given a scare at home by bottom Flo when Rob Johnson equalised an early goal from Kevin KcElwey , but from that stage they took command to finish 5–1 in front . |
| 7 | We were given a lot of work to prepare in our spare time and I remember trying to keep warm in the daytime in an overcoat and scarf while I wrote an essay or struggled with Latin composition . |
| 8 | The way in which care programming had been introduced from the ‘ top down ’ was also seen as a disadvantage , ‘ We were given a lot of freedom to develop services in the eighties , now we feel new systems are being imposed ’ . |
| 9 | And erm after about six six or eight months , we were given a place off Walk . |
| 10 | They joined the German retreat in early 1943 , and were given a place of settlement in the Novogrodek area of Belorussia . |
| 11 | Show owner Graham Wallace was approached by one of the sisters at the hospital for a quote on the cost of a tank after they were given a sum of money as a donation . |
| 12 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |
| 13 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |
| 14 | A similar pattern emerged from a second kind of monitoring — rhyme monitoring — in which subjects were given an instruction like Press the button whenever you hear a word rhyming with ‘ bread ’ . |
| 15 | They were given an ounce of twist tobacco a week and two at Christmas , when they were also given a pint of beer . |
| 16 | Caro supposed her mother had got used to it , as Caro got better at the job and was given a spell of greenhouse work , then offered day release to improve her qualifications . |
| 17 | The only thing given to us at all in that line was every policeman on night duty was given a pint of coffee . |
| 18 | Before the apple charlotte , Miss Chib was given a bowl of pea soup with a spoonful of whipped cream on it . |
| 19 | They ca n't bite you , but I was given a bottle of gin and told to go out and sit on the stairs . |
| 20 | was given a bottle of whisky ! |
| 21 | If this was delusion it was given a sense of realism in the immediate post-war world through the UK economy being clearly stronger than the economies of either Europe or Japan [ Barnett , 1972 ; Maddison , 1984 ] . |
| 22 | JOHNSON MATTHEY , the precious metals to chemicals group , was given a respite from takeover speculation yesterday after its biggest shareholder , Charter Consolidated , said it had no plans to change its 38 per cent stake . |
| 23 | JOHNSON MATTHEY , the precious metals to chemicals group , was given a respite from takeover speculation yesterday after its biggest shareholder , Charter Consolidated , said it had no plans to change its 38 per cent stake . |
| 24 | ‘ Unfortunately she had to wait until a bed was available on the ward , but she was given a bed in casualty . |
| 25 | Mr Stone argues that they have repelled both foreigners and foreign ideas ; that liberalism was junked before it was given a chance to work , socialism implanted without a bourgeoisie , communism introduced without a proletariat . |
| 26 | I was given a pile of sacristy wash rather than vests , sheets and shirts . |
| 27 | To rub salt into A-R 's wounds , ABC was given a majority of voting shares and on the board . |
| 28 | The company argued that it was given a stay of execution by other bankers even though it had defaulted on loans connected with its American Heileman brewing operations . |
| 29 | Although I was shackled to a radiator , my blindfold was removed and I was given a cup of water and a sweetmeat . |
| 30 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |