Example sentences of "[noun] had [been] given a " in BNC.
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1 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
2 | Gould had been given a number of letters of introduction to the veteran explorer from , among others , George Bank , who had accompanied Franklin on one of his Arctic expeditions , and Captain John Washington , secretary of the Royal Geographical Society . |
3 | To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off . |
4 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
5 | That town had been given a face-lift . |
6 | Emma was experimenting with atonal motifs on a xylophone and Vicky had been given a doll but had pulled the arm off . |
7 | Bert Rafferty had been given an unexpected day off . |
8 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
9 | On Nov. 16 he testified before a parliamentary committee that orders had been given a month previously to freeze " Operation Gladio " . |
10 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The area had been given an unfair image by ‘ so far as I can make out a group of tearaways who are , at the moment , completely uncontrollable . |
13 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | All hospital patients had been given a diagnosis of primary depression uncomplicated by any underlying condition such as alcoholism , but were also given a full clinical interview ( PSE ) by the research psychiatrist . |
16 | Then the Bank revealed that its governor had been given a 17% salary rise last year . |
17 | He said the Solidarity-led government had been given a chance to implement a ‘ total change ’ from Poland 's communist system to a free-market economy . |
18 | The bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty had been given a second reading on May 21 [ see p. 38931 ] but its further consideration had been suspended on June 3 in the light of the negative Danish referendum vote on ratification [ see p. 38942 ] . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | For the first time in his life Stan had been given an objective . |
21 | The Full Federal Court allowed the appeal on the ground that there had been no breach of natural justice as the respondents had been given a hearing and , in the opinion of one Judge , had not been deprived of any present benefit or advantage . |
22 | 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 ) . |
23 | Earlier in 1959 , Yulo Tsering had been given a life sentence for taking part in the Tibetan revolution of that year . |
24 | Charles had been given a view of the plans some months before and had been appalled . |
25 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
26 | Mr Bonfield also disclosed that , following initial hostility , ICL had been given a role in the European Community 's advanced communications programme after reassuring critics that the technology flow with Fujitsu would be two-way . |
27 | Milton had written a letter to one of the Stirlingshire lairds , assuring him of his friendship and advising him that one of the laird 's sons had been given a post as a salt officer . |
28 | Reagan 's suite had been given a special phone number for the occasion , but the postmistress did n't believe in such nonsense . |
29 | Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved . |
30 | It was in here , on the north side of the Kremlin , that Myeloski had been given an office . |