Example sentences of "had been given a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier in 1959 , Yulo Tsering had been given a life sentence for taking part in the Tibetan revolution of that year . |
| 2 | On the back seat … a fourteen-year-old boy from Milton Keynes , who just the day before had been given a supervision order after being convicted for burglary , armed robbery and car theft . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Jonathan described to the court how in August 1991 he had been given a blackcurrant drink made by Allitt . |
| 5 | She had been given a telephone number in France : Cassis 08.79.30 , Les Roches Blanches , a hotel . |
| 6 | She had been given a programme credit for making dresses several years before . |
| 7 | They had been given a family room , from which Monsieur Gauthier had obligingly removed one of the three single beds in order to provide the space Iris required for her daily yoga session . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Hayley had been given a blood transfusion , and , after her initial protests , had accepted it , and lay against the pillows listening to pop music via the headphones . |