Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] to us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was given to us by a descendant of Boutcher , who wants to remain anonymous . |
| 2 | It was given to us by Amnesty International and used with their full permission . |
| 3 | Have some more chutney , it was given to us by our German daughter-in-law . |
| 4 | Simon Brown J. cited no authority for this dictum , so far as it related to the possibility of supervisory jurisdiction of the High Court over the visitors to the Inns of Court , but it was cited to us as an example of a suggested parallel with the supervisory jurisdiction which the High Court undoubtedly exercises in other contexts which in some respects may be thought to be comparable . |
| 5 | It was described to us by an experienced wildlife film-maker , Alastair MacEwen , who was filming house martins with a high speed camera . |
| 6 | It was sold to us on a false premise . |
| 7 | It was awarded to us by the Independent Television Commission after we submitted an unopposed bid for the franchise . |