Example sentences of "[pers pn] was given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . |
| 2 | I was given a cutting a few years ago by my sister and have subsequently passed on cuttings but have never known the proper name of it or much about it . |
| 3 | Last year I was given a beautiful blue pot hydrangea which I planted in the garden when it finished flowering . |
| 4 | In my own case I was given a section — a small area in the central division — with just over 300 crimes per year . |
| 5 | As a child I was given a grey plastic gun as a birthday present . |
| 6 | ‘ I was given a chauffeur-driven tour of Beverly Hills and then taken to the famous Sunset Marquee Hotel . ’ |
| 7 | Environmentalists have supported the miners against Pittston strip-mining and long-wall techniques , and I was given a badge which proclaimed ‘ I 'm Pro-Union and Pro-Choice ’ , linking the strike with the most inflammable issue in US politics today , abortion rights . |
| 8 | I was given a list of 12 absolutes that if the promoter could not provide , I was to cancel the gig on the spot . |
| 9 | I was given a choice . |
| 10 | I stayed there only a few days , and then for some reason I was removed to the Colegio Fray Luis de Leon , where I was given a somewhat larger and more comfortable room . |
| 11 | I was given a pile of sacristy wash rather than vests , sheets and shirts . |
| 12 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 13 | ‘ On reporting , ’ he recalled , ‘ I was given a piece of steel ( distorted ) , a hacksaw , a file and a square and told to make two sides square , which I quickly did . ’ |
| 14 | As a final gesture of international goodwill , I was given a massive injection into my rump , before being released on Friday morning . |
| 15 | Recently , I was given a copy of an old book , A guide to the Fishing Inns of Scotland , by R. Crombie Saunders , one-time editor of The Scottish Angler , and published in 1951 . |
| 16 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 17 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 18 | I was given a day off of my annual leave to think it over . |
| 19 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 20 | We had just started our first lectures , when apart from helping to prepare the Sulphonamide paper I was given a weekend off to visit City Temple friends who had started a Community House at Highbury New Park . |
| 21 | I was given a lovely bit of home-made cake for tea and that lifted my spirits tremendously . |
| 22 | As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness . |
| 23 | I was given a card to copy from . |
| 24 | Once after I had recited at the Guild I was given a pair of woollen gloves , speckled coloured , and with cuffs , which was quite an unexpected treat . |
| 25 | ‘ I was given a hero 's welcome when I visited my local pub , ’ says dockworker Jimmy , 38 . |
| 26 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 27 | Details of the flight with map references , operating heights , times and working radius around a point were agreed , and I was given a reference number for future contacts . |
| 28 | ‘ I was given a Beatles compilation tape as a lad and was immediately hooked . |
| 29 | My interest in MacDonald began when I was given a well-worn copy of his Unspoken Sermons . |
| 30 | In my early twenties I found that I would become aggressive when I was given a compliment . |