Example sentences of "had been give [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Wilikins did not look too happy with the question for which she had been given no prior notice . |
| 2 | The caller also was extremely annoyed that calls relating to valuation matters were being passed to her but Media Action had been given no alternative numbers to filter these calls to . |
| 3 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 4 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 5 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 6 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 7 | In Schmidt v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs the plaintiffs were Scientology students who had been given a limited leave to enter the country . |
| 8 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 9 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 10 | ‘ Modernised ’ in 1937 by architect William Ross , the charm that had survived Jacobites , Weaver 's revolts , football fracas , and the decline of Empire , had been given a chic exterior of faience and rustic brickwork . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
| 13 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 14 | Formalities over , our routine search of the yacht revealed that , amongst other educational subjects the boys had been given a practical lesson in how to avoid paying the duty on a considerable quantity of wines and spirits . |
| 15 | Attorney-general Sir Nicholas Lyell had a torrid reception yesterday as he told the Commons that the inquiry chief , Lord Justice Sir Richard Scott , had been given a wide-ranging brief . |
| 16 | Nearly one quarter ( 8/33 ) of those who had received the more comprehensive list of complications thought that they had been given ‘ too much ’ information , compared with just 6% ( 2/36 ) of those who had been given a simple explanation ( p=0.04 , Fisher 's exact test ) : anxiety scores did not differ significantly between patients who thought the amount of information given was too much and those who thought it was ‘ about right ’ ( data not shown ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | American mediation , had been given a new lease of life by the Russian Revolution . |
| 19 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 20 | When the cameras had long since departed , I was left to carry the can and answer any angry participants who felt they had been given a raw deal . |
| 21 | Large domestic pots at West Stow had been given a thin coating of day on the outside after they had been fired ; this layer is usually slightly reddened as a result of partial firing ( West 1985 , p. 129 ) . |
| 22 | Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors . |
| 23 | Next-door neighbour Jean Beveridge , who had been given a running commentary by armed police inside her home , revealed the gunman had been daring the police to shoot him . |
| 24 | Then , as they came out onto an open stretch of bitten turf at the foot of the hill where the rabbits were running , as though a signal had been given a universal clamour broke out , a clatter , a din of singing , from the unseen roof-tops of the village behind them , from the beeches on the Down , from the ash trees that stood like singing poles in the hedgerows along the hollow track , from every tree it seemed of the whole vast forest birds were singing and singing and demanding to be heard . |
| 25 | Reagan 's suite had been given a special phone number for the occasion , but the postmistress did n't believe in such nonsense . |
| 26 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 27 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
| 28 | On Oct. 5 it was reported that a former Minister of State , Ghulam Akbar Lasi , had been given a one-year prison sentence for overspending during the 1988 election campaign . |
| 29 | A top line interior decorator had been given a free hand when Hugo had bought the triplex two years ago and no expense had been spared — the walls were hung with some of Hugo 's collection of Old Masters , glowing against the background of watered silk , the shelves were lined with leather bound first editions which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open , much less read , every nook and cranny was filled with treasures and objets d'art displayed on dainty pedestals . |
| 30 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |