Example sentences of "had been given a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been given a name . |
| 2 | He said the Solidarity-led government had been given a chance to implement a ‘ total change ’ from Poland 's communist system to a free-market economy . |
| 3 | She had been given a chance of survival . |
| 4 | It would have helped him if the two most awkward customers in the political equation — Sinn Fein and the DUP — had been given a drubbing by the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists respectively . |
| 5 | That town had been given a face-lift . |
| 6 | Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present . |
| 7 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 8 | Earlier in 1959 , Yulo Tsering had been given a life sentence for taking part in the Tibetan revolution of that year . |
| 9 | Nothing had happened , he had been given a warning , that was all . |
| 10 | On the back seat … a fourteen-year-old boy from Milton Keynes , who just the day before had been given a supervision order after being convicted for burglary , armed robbery and car theft . |
| 11 | The bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty had been given a second reading on May 21 [ see p. 38931 ] but its further consideration had been suspended on June 3 in the light of the negative Danish referendum vote on ratification [ see p. 38942 ] . |
| 12 | I have had difficult cases , like the woman who had been given a Caesarean operation : giving birth after that kind of operation is very delicate , but it turned out all right . |
| 13 | Upstairs the old house seemed to be on a multitude of different levels , with steps up and down , unexpected recesses and windows , all of which had been given a character of their own , by a carefully chosen ornament or floral arrangement . |
| 14 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 15 | Jonathan described to the court how in August 1991 he had been given a blackcurrant drink made by Allitt . |
| 16 | They were ragged and cowed , but they had been given a bed for the night and an enforced bath . |
| 17 | After all , she had been given a brain to think with while these patriots were being force-fed The Thoughts of Spiro Agnew , The World According to William F. Buckley and Killing Commies for God and Country . |
| 18 | She had been given a telephone number in France : Cassis 08.79.30 , Les Roches Blanches , a hotel . |
| 19 | Emma was experimenting with atonal motifs on a xylophone and Vicky had been given a doll but had pulled the arm off . |
| 20 | As they approached the village , Mungo felt a little like a prisoner who had been given a taste of freedom . |
| 21 | When the film used some footage of his wife moving about the cottage , he felt as if he had been given a reprieve . |
| 22 | Mr Bonfield also disclosed that , following initial hostility , ICL had been given a role in the European Community 's advanced communications programme after reassuring critics that the technology flow with Fujitsu would be two-way . |
| 23 | She had been given a programme credit for making dresses several years before . |
| 24 | They had been given a family room , from which Monsieur Gauthier had obligingly removed one of the three single beds in order to provide the space Iris required for her daily yoga session . |
| 25 | After six months Miloš made a ceremonial entry into Belgrade to parley with the newly appointed Turkish governor , Marasli , who had been given a mandate by the sultan to make concessions in order to pacify the Serbs . |
| 26 | He had been given a list of Extension Centres marked ‘ active ’ or ‘ dormant ’ to ensure there would be no misinterpretation over his activities within the constraints of the document . |
| 27 | They had been given a meal there but had refused to stay overnight . |
| 28 | Charles had been given a view of the plans some months before and had been appalled . |
| 29 | Fortunately , I noticed that he had been given a place at a different school from his older brother and that it was actually a matter of filling in the appeal form requesting a place at another school . |
| 30 | He had been given a lesson from a great player and it was obvious that it was one he would never forget . ’ |