Example sentences of "he had been given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though he had accepted general responsibility for his company 's operations , and would probably have agreed to print the books had the decision been referred to him , he could not be convicted unless he had been given specific notice of the offensive material . |
| 2 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 3 | Instead he sent out 12th man Paul Reiffel to cover for him whole he rang chairman of selectors Lawrie Sawle to vent his feelings about the news he had been given that morning . |
| 4 | He had been given curious looks by the person who gave him the directions which show that he was a stranger as he was not recognised . |
| 5 | His action was popularly resented as a poor show of gratitude for the benefit he had been given two years before . |
| 6 | I later interviewed the bemused recordist , and established he had been given two portable stereo tape recorders , which he had laid on the ground pointing in opposite directions . |
| 7 | But whatever satisfaction Scott may have gained from the debate and the fact that he had been given six months to prepare a new design , it must have soon been dispelled by the public press and the action of some of his professional colleagues . |
| 8 | He had been given six Loaches , two heavy with eggs . |
| 9 | He had not come back after he had been given general advice , and he had what he describes as an uneasy peace in the relationship with his girlfriend . |
| 10 | On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital . |
| 11 | But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell . |
| 12 | In the instant case the IT were entitled to find that it was not reasonably practicable for Mr Sen to have presented his unfair dismissal claim in time , notwithstanding that he had been given erroneous advice about the time limit by a solicitor in circumstances where he had also been wrongly advised as to the time limit by a member of the IT staff . |
| 13 | Kisekka , who was appointed Vice-President , was in his mid-70s and reported to be in poor health ; in February 1988 he had been given three deputies to ease his workload . |
| 14 | When the Germans , who controlled Tangier through General Franco , demanded Klein 's arrest , Wharton-Tigar in 1943 had spirited Klein out to Gibraltar and from there on to the safety of England where he had been given British citizenship . |