Example sentences of "[noun prp] 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 | Emma was experimenting with atonal motifs on a xylophone and Vicky had been given a doll but had pulled the arm off . |
| 6 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Earlier in 1959 , Yulo Tsering had been given a life sentence for taking part in the Tibetan revolution of that year . |
| 9 | Charles had been given a view of the plans some months before and had been appalled . |
| 10 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |