Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] given to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the money collected was given to the war effort and a bag of gobstoppers and aniseed balls was bought with the rest . |
| 2 | It is , indeed , doubtful how much help Gloucester could have commanded explicitly in order to take the throne : some , almost certainly , but much ( if not most ) of the backing he enjoyed was given to the protector for the maintenance of stability — a distinction of which Gloucester himself seems not to have been fully conscious . |
| 3 | It is , indeed , doubtful how much help Gloucester could have commanded explicitly in order to take the throne : some , almost certainly , but much ( if not most ) of the backing he enjoyed was given to the protector for the maintenance of stability — a distinction of which Gloucester himself seems not to have been fully conscious . |
| 4 | The money raised was given to the Holy Childhood and the scheme was adopted by Australia and Scotland . |
| 5 | within 48 hours thereafter notice was given to the officer in charge of a police station . |