Example sentences of "he [was/were] give [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was given two telephone numbers to contact MI5 , 01–222 5471 and 01–637 7319 . |
| 2 | Like other Vietnamese of his day he was given two names ; his first , ‘ sacred ’ name bestowed at birth was Nguyen Van Coong ( modification of Cung and meaning ‘ respectful ’ ) . |
| 3 | Pleading guilty to arson , he was given two years ' probation . |
| 4 | Soon after Coleman was appointed Professor , he was given two assistants : Sewell , who was later to succeed him as Principal , and Stockley . |
| 5 | He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid . |
| 6 | He was given freezing water to wash with , and was beaten daily by Mr Bumble in front of all the other boys in the hall , as a warning to them . |
| 7 | He was given folic acid by mouth . |
| 8 | After his priestly ordination in 1965 he was given pastoral appointments in the Diocese of Westminster , including seven years with the Catholic Missionary Society which took him all over England and Wales conducting Parish Missions . |
| 9 | He was given six months ' hard labour after he refused on principle to pay the fine . |
| 10 | ‘ But he 's followed all the rules since he was given political asylum and I think he should be allowed to compete as an individual . ’ |
| 11 | However his teachers recognised his exceptional qualities and he was given junior teaching posts which enabled him to register at the University of Pennsylvania , where he obtained his Master 's degree and began to work towards a PhD , specialising in philosophy . |
| 12 | Joachim eventually broke away from the Cistercians and retired to a lonely spot in Calabria where disciples gathered around him and he was given papal permission to found his own congregation . |
| 13 | He was given much responsibility , superb training , and wide experience of the emerging process industries . |
| 14 | He was given extensive powers , including the right to appoint the government , to rule by decree as necessary , and to declare war . |
| 15 | In 1472 he was given joint command of an armed force sent to sea to resist the king 's enemies . |
| 16 | Whatever the reason , he was given good trade rates . |
| 17 | A taxation of the bills would not prejudice the debtor 's claims that he was given negligent advice . |
| 18 | He was given four options : default and risk losing his good name ; pay everything immediately ; make six monthly payments of $400 and they 'd call it quits ; send in $70 and they 'd get back to him later . |
| 19 | He was Mr Geoffrey Pattie , and he was given special responsibility for space ; numerous bullish stories appeared in the press about the likelihood of increased British space expenditure . |
| 20 | With forty picked men he was given special powers ; 228 wagons were needed , but only thirty had been sent to Siberia . |
| 21 | Garry Cornes , 26 , a haemophiliac , was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1985 after he was given infected blood products . |
| 22 | But it was serious in the sense that he was given wrong advice . |
| 23 | Such was the character produced in human life by the Spirit of Yahweh once he was given full control . |
| 24 | He was given able assistance by Mike Power , a long-standing member of the Communist Party with high-level contacts in the left-wing unions . |
| 25 | Initially , he was given basic help towards rehabiliation , but nothing since . |
| 26 | He was given 25 years but tried to negotiate a cut in his sentence by returning half of the stolen gold . |
| 27 | He was given 160 hours community service and ordered to pay £200 compensation . |
| 28 | He was given three penalty points and ordered to pay £15 towards prosecution costs . |
| 29 | I think in fact it 's a bit of a cheek for the Chief Constable to go to the Home Secretary here ev , Home Secretary again this year , asking for more officers , when he has n't recruited all the ones that he was given last year . |
| 30 | As he was thought to have abused an hallucinogenic drug , he was given activated charcoal and sorbitol by nasogastric tube . |