Example sentences of "[was/were] given [prep] [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Londonderry was greatly admired at the Russian Court and some of the Londonderry family jewels — the Down Diamonds and the parure and cross were given to her by the Russian Emperor Alexander I. |
| 2 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 3 | The oranges were given to him by Mr. Singleton of Houghton 's … he realised in Supt. Learmont 's office that the people he received them from might not have the right to give them . |
| 4 | We 're selling that with all the other medals some of which were British campaign medals , some were given to him by countries like Poland because of his special friendship or good deeds |
| 5 | Here are two exercises that were given to me by ANDY WATSON and TREFOR OWEN , part-time tutors at Leeds College of Music . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ These papers were given to me by Sir Charles Baskerville , ’ said Dr Mortimer . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ You have some papers , Fagin , ’ said Mr Brownlow quietly , ‘ which were given to you by Monks to look after . ’ |
| 10 | Legend has it that the ‘ eyes ’ or ‘ spectacles ’ on the rear of the Cobra 's hood were given to it by Guatama the Buddha as protection against the attacks of Garuda the Eagle , arch enemy of the Cobras . |
| 11 | This recipe was given to me by a well-travelled customer on her return from the USA . |
| 12 | ‘ It was given to me by my grandmother , the lady Jacquetta , and has a curious history . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | There 's also a big , gold jewellery box that was given to me by my godmother . |
| 15 | It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing |
| 16 | ‘ It was given to me by someone who feels deeply on the subject , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than |
| 18 | I refer to a parliamentary answer that was given to me by the Under-Secretary of State for Employment , the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire ( Mr. Forth ) . |
| 19 | But , we know that April was a low figure , we also know that July and August are low a figure which comes out from this graph and was given to me by the director yesterday , is a genuine average which is turning out to be between a hundred and a hundred and ten placements per month twelve hundred to fourteen hundred placements per year a thr over a three year average residency period three thousand six hundred to four thousand two hundred placements in residential care , where then is the real problem . |
| 20 | Your name was given to me by Liz Robertson , in connection with Bruce Harris 's visit , and as I have failed to contact you by ‘ phone I thought I would write . |
| 21 | The Editor is grateful for the help that was given to him by catering personnel at MOD Stanmore who supplied the photographs and RAF Uxbridge . |
| 22 | Incidentally , the comedian Des O'Connor owns a guitar which was given to him by Holly , while Buddy was on tour in the UK . |
| 23 | claimed that his power was given to him by god , but everyone knew that the throne had been seized by his father . |
| 24 | Although Francis Berry 's involvement with the cellar came purely from his friendship with Lutyens , this must not be taken as favouritism Berry 's was one of the oldest wine merchants in the business ( the company started trading in 1699 ) , and their first royal warrant was given to them by Edward VII , an honour the firm holds to this day . |
| 25 | The Jews ' special characteristics derive from the religion which was given to them by Moses , which stressed one God who was invisible and would not allow images of Himself to be made for worship . |
| 26 | But if they died , there was a very young family , a young wife , needing financial independence that was given to them by you , with a life insurance policy . |
| 27 | erm A lot of people gave as a reason for getting a particular piece of furniture the fact that it was given to them by their parents when they got married , or that a neighbour was trying to get rid of it , or that somebody from work had passed it on and they needed one . |
| 28 | A Mary Queen of Scots coin was given to her by well-wisher Jessie Brown , 40 , of South Carntyne , Glasgow . |
| 29 | Its name was given to it by Jesuit missionaries in South America who saw the flowers as a representation of the Crucifixion — the corona is the crown of thorns , the anthers the five wounds in the hands , feet and side of Christ , the three styles , the nails , the five petals and five sepals 10 of the disciples , less Peter and Judas , the hand-shaped leaves and tendrils the hands and whips of Christ 's torturers . |
| 30 | It was given to you by a certain gentleman , as security against a loan . ’ |