Example sentences of "[noun sg] who had [been] given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 2 | I have had difficult cases , like the woman who had been given a Caesarean operation : giving birth after that kind of operation is very delicate , but it turned out all right . |
| 3 | Before Mr Morton 's operation at the world-renowned Papworth Hospital , near Cambridge , he was introduced to a man walking around the ward who had been given a new heart only days before . |
| 4 | As they approached the village , Mungo felt a little like a prisoner who had been given a taste of freedom . |
| 5 | In Malette v. Shulman , 67 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 321 a Canadian court upheld an award of $20,000 to a patient who had been given a blood transfusion in order to save her life but against her known wishes . |