Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been give [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
| 2 | Her parents both went out to work , and from a young age Jean had been given the responsibility of looking after the other children . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off . |
| 5 | Barnes had been given the bird for an earlier kicking failure but he converted that try with such a fine kick that he felt entitled to make an equalising gesture to the crowd . |
| 6 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
| 7 | Emma was experimenting with atonal motifs on a xylophone and Vicky had been given a doll but had pulled the arm off . |
| 8 | Bert Rafferty had been given an unexpected day off . |
| 9 | It was interesting to note that in each of his previous six lives , which ranged from the fifteenth century to the late 1890s , Martin had been given the opportunity to be a ‘ teacher ’ . |
| 10 | Mr Finkelstein had been given the contract to paint the interior of the convent . |
| 11 | I retraced my steps to the square where Kennedy had been given the Freedom of the City ( an empty honour ) , and explored a network of narrow shopping streets . |
| 12 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 13 | For the first time in his life Stan had been given an objective . |
| 14 | At MGM Lorna Lewis had been given the keyword ‘ kittenish ’ to help focus her identity — cute , blonde and comic , more down-to-earth than Grace Kelly , less neurotic than Monroe but sexier than Doris Day . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Earlier in 1959 , Yulo Tsering had been given a life sentence for taking part in the Tibetan revolution of that year . |
| 17 | Charles had been given a view of the plans some months before and had been appalled . |
| 18 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Clarence had been given the honour of Richmond in 1462 ; or , more strictly , had been given the two thirds then in the crown 's possession and the reversion of the remaining third on the death of the dowager duchess of Bedford . |
| 21 | Clarence had been given the honour of Richmond in 1462 ; or , more strictly , had been given the two thirds then in the crown 's possession and the reversion of the remaining third on the death of the dowager duchess of Bedford . |
| 22 | For instance , Parvin and Sabina had been given the task of measuring each other with bricks . |
| 23 | Laura had been given no time to mourn the collapse of her brief marriage . |
| 24 | if you look at the cure of erm th the Blind Man of Bethsiedum which happened a little earlier , a similar thing happens when Jesus cures his sight , he ca n't see at first and Jesus has to do some more work on him with spit , spittle and er you know the , but there 's something behind that it 's not just a er a nature miracle , sorry a healing miracle overcoming physical ailments , that 's spectacular in itself but the can take something else on board here without the attitude of people and their willingness to accept who Jesus was and what his details of participant Bartiamaus had been given the vision he 'd been given was more than just his eyesight . |
| 25 | Hayley had been given a blood transfusion , and , after her initial protests , had accepted it , and lay against the pillows listening to pop music via the headphones . |
| 26 | London had been given no such attention , but The London Society since 1912 had been undertaking work which was brought together in essays edited by Sir Aston Webb ( 1921 ) . |
| 27 | Ingrid had been given a month to complete her mission , which was as long as it would take the Navy to organise a commando raid . |
| 28 | Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes . |
| 29 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 30 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |