Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] given [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was given two year option in the first place , so so |
| 2 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 3 | I saved on the knitted things by making all his little woollies myself and I was given six baby vests . |
| 4 | My job as a curate took mornings , afternoons and evenings , six days a week — I was given one day off — so there was no time to get fit by walking . |
| 5 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 7 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 8 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 9 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 10 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 11 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 12 | I was given anti- depressants , that did n't help and it was n't until four years later when they actually admitted me to hospital and then an ulcer and the depression disappeared once it had been diagnosed . |
| 13 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 14 | I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come . |
| 15 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 16 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 17 | On Boxing Day , which was really hot , a party of us drove to Riverton and had a good laugh about Riverton Rocks , which were given maximum rating ( 3 stars ) in the Guidebook but turned out to be just rocky outcrops offshore . |
| 18 | Three subsequent laboratory studies , however , have failed to show any overall improvement in recognition sensitivity for films which were given high risk ratings . |
| 19 | Thus situations which were given high accident estimates tended to show an improvement in memory when risk was experienced . |
| 20 | An underground nuclear test in January 1989 near Semipalatinsk ( Kazakhstan ) sparked off local protests which were given formal support by the Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet in November . |
| 21 | Equity was not an issue which was given serious consideration . |
| 22 | The media law , which was given final approval by the Senate ( upper house of parliament ) on Aug. 5 , regulated advertising time on state and private television and defined the proportions of Italian , European or other films which could be shown . |
| 23 | MPs had been pressing for an enquiry following the publication of a damning report on the state of school discipline by the Professional Association of Teachers in 1987 , which was given prominent coverage in the press . |
| 24 | The dolphin received further protection in 1975 , when the District Magistrate of Sukkur made trapping or killing of dolphins illegal under a Criminal Procedure Code , which was given extensive publicity by drums , through radio and newspapers , and by placing posters in key locations . |
| 25 | Italy was a major donor among European countries and Greece announced that it would make available US$70,000,000 for agricultural development , which was given high priority . |
| 26 | Not that Kimon was the only Athenian statesman who sought to recall Marathon specifically : the 192 horsemen of the Parthenon frieze , begun after Kimon 's death and completed as late as the 430s , may depict the Marathon dead , who numbered just 192 , and who were given heroic honours . |
| 27 | Among the 439 patients who were given para-aortic irradiation , 6 developed secondary gastric carcinoma ( 2.4% 15-year cumulative incidence rate ) , by contrast with no gastric carcinomas in 453 patients not treated with such irradiation . |
| 28 | A GROUP of American breast-cancer patients who were given supportive therapy and taught self-hypnosis to deal with pain survived for twice as long as women who received routine cancer care . |
| 29 | Throughout the dark years , some of the artists and intellectuals , who were given manual jobs for producing unacceptable works of art , met in The Slavia . |
| 30 | The latter were organised by the Habsburgs into graničari ( frontiersmen ) , who were given special privileges in return for military duties . |