Example sentences of "and had [been] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home . |
2 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
3 | Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment . |
4 | Ruth had decided to say she 'd been unwell , and had been given a few days off to recover her strength . |
5 | He had only been fifteen and had been given the four-ten , the so-called lady 's gun , which Rufus gathered had rather gone against the grain . |
6 | He was four years older than I was , and had been given the silver-spoon education that the son of a wealthy Edinburgh family was entitled to expect , I suppose . ’ |