Example sentences of "and had [been] given [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already , there had been a steady flow of Norman families into the country from England , but they were thinly spread and had been given no opportunity to make an impact on Scottish society and administration . |
| 2 | Mr Allan told the court Say had spent a normal and happy weekend with his wife before the incident and had been given no indication she was leaving him . |
| 3 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 4 | Ruth had decided to say she 'd been unwell , and had been given a few days off to recover her strength . |
| 5 | Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment . |
| 6 | He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home . |
| 7 | He had been sentenced to death by the castle commander and had been given the chance to prove his prowess with a gun and so saved his life . |
| 8 | He was four years older than I was , and had been given the silver-spoon education that the son of a wealthy Edinburgh family was entitled to expect , I suppose . ’ |
| 9 | He had only been fifteen and had been given the four-ten , the so-called lady 's gun , which Rufus gathered had rather gone against the grain . |
| 10 | In January 1990 he had been replaced as chairman of the Republican National Committee ( RNC ) by Clayton Yeutter , and had been given the largely ceremonial title of general chairman . |