Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were given to me as a present . |
| 2 | Here are two exercises that were given to me by ANDY WATSON and TREFOR OWEN , part-time tutors at Leeds College of Music . |
| 3 | They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 . |
| 4 | ‘ These papers were given to me by Sir Charles Baskerville , ’ said Dr Mortimer . |
| 5 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
| 6 | Your poems were torn from me by violence ; |
| 7 | They were built with me in mind and I liked them and got a couple from Fender . |
| 8 | But in my case an exception was made , and girls from the year below mine were moved above me in House Order , as well as being made monitors who had special privileges . |
| 9 | Amplification wise , I use two Ampeg SVTs that were made for me in 1987 as part of the company 's ‘ Artist ’ series , and there were only five hundred of those made . |
| 10 | That was all I needed to feel sure that Harvey had the half-dozen eggs that were stolen from me at London Airport . |
| 11 | ‘ But I would think you know that , they were introduced to me by your partner , General Roquelaure . ’ |
| 12 | These words were spoken to me with a strong American accent . |
| 13 | She sat quite still and her eyes were fixed on me with a curious , dark look of sympathy mixed with something else . |
| 14 | Wedding and funeral forms , sent in by the families , were passed to me for transposing into the accepted cliches . |
| 15 | Both these opinions were repeated to me by many people and both seemed likely to be true . |
| 16 | My sincere thanks to you all for the most beautiful flowers that were sent to me in hospital during my recent operation . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Denis and I provided the background music for this particular ‘ pack in the box ’ and much hissing was heard from me in the interval into the ear of our Company Manager Jeremy Adams . |
| 18 | I well remember a little cardigan from a High Street store that was given to me for my ( then ) six-month-old baby . |
| 19 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 20 | She said , ‘ You see , before the war , this was given to me as a present , and it was full of chocolates . ’ |
| 21 | The watch was given to me as a surety by Meredith Putt , lord of Swinbrook Manor . ’ |
| 22 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |
| 23 | ‘ Being a hijra was the only possibility for me ; there was no other career I could have pursued with the body that was given to me at birth . |
| 24 | Another native wood melick , Melica uniflora , was given to me in its variegated form . |
| 25 | Mary said : ‘ Within 20 minutes of his birth he was given to me in a blanket , still covered in blood . |
| 26 | " When your mother was given to me in marriage , my father and hers entered an agreement , Sara . |
| 27 | This recipe was given to me by a well-travelled customer on her return from the USA . |
| 28 | ‘ It was given to me by my grandmother , the lady Jacquetta , and has a curious history . |
| 29 | The passive is one such option in English ( cf. John gave me this book and This book was given to me by John , which are both unmarked ) . |
| 30 | There 's also a big , gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother . |