Example sentences of "[was/were] give a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! |
| 2 | When Ako Adjei , Adamafio and Crabbe were given a second trial they were condemned to death : but the sentence was commuted by Nkrumah to life imprisonment . |
| 3 | The red army fought in the courts and Swindon were given a second chance in the 2nd division . |
| 4 | We all got a rough average of the scale and the standard of these people , but somehow or other and — I never understood why this happened — I seemed to get the occasional chaps that were given a last chance . |
| 5 | It was given a second one after the interval . |
| 6 | The Bill was given a Third Reading on 20th July and became law on 14th August , 1855 , with the short title , The Downing Street Public Offices Extension Act 1855 , but it was not until the following March that the Office of Works circulated the necessary notices to the tenants of property to be acquired . |
| 7 | They made one minor amendment on timing ; it was given a Third Reading on 5th April , and sent to the Lords . |
| 8 | The Bill was given a Third Reading in the House of Lords on 26 October 1965 by 169 votes to 75 . |
| 9 | The function of the secondary speakers was to give a third dimension to the acoustical properties of the recording , and thus provide extra realism . |