Example sentences of "had [been] given [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At breakfast , I had been given freshly home-made bread , and I felt at peace with the world . |
| 2 | Yet these men and women are well off compared to their counterparts in Ghana where subject teams had been given just nine months to produce new curriculum plans and to launch a new series of materials to fit a ‘ new content and structure of education ’ announced by the cabinet . |
| 3 | The Harris family had been given just two weeks to find eight thousand pounds in mortgage arrears . |
| 4 | It 's as if you had been given not one vote , but a fifth of a vote . |
| 5 | He had been given so many things to digest , not the least that it was possible Celia might have a father still living . |
| 6 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 7 | At the back of his mind was the fear that he had been given too much air , that his lungs could not sustain the pressure , that they would collapse as Commander Barnwell 's had collapsed . |