Example sentences of "be given [pron] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bomb Simon Cormack had been carrying on his person was concealed in the broad leather belt he wore around his waist and which had been given him by his abductors to hold up the denim jeans they had also provided for him . |
| 2 | A Victorian jug on the mantelpiece had been given him by Louise one Christmas . |
| 3 | The desired religion therefore , must be acceptable , on the one hand to those who follow it because their belief is founded on logic-induced conviction , and on the other hand to those who come to believe , because tentative faith has been given them by others and who have reached conviction through experience . |
| 4 | He told her he had been given it by Uncle Joe who kept a café up Kilburn way . |
| 5 | In all of this giving away of herself ( which can be taken in two modern senses ) , this revelation of a coarser character beneath the courtly exterior she tries to sustain , Margery follows the movement of the opening stanzas of the text down from the character of the courtly dame to the level of the townswoman , a stereotyped bourgeois Vxor , " Wife " : the label that seems to be given her by the letter " " V " alongside some of her speeches in the manuscript copy of Dame Sirith . |
| 6 | You have n't ans answered my question Mr Chairman , I asked you why did the Council vote to this museum on the Norfolk enquired by trust which to be given you by the Suffolk Authority Wild Life Trust |
| 7 | Chrissie admits that these came from the store restaurant 's stocks , but claims that she was given them by Fred , the chef , in return for her helping out over her lunch break in the kitchen , which was short handed . |
| 8 | Chrissie admitted that these came from the store restaurant 's stocks , but claimed that she was given them by Fred — , the chef , in return for her helping out over her lunch break in the kitchen , which was short-handed . |
| 9 | The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit . |
| 10 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 11 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 12 | That was totally unplanned. erm I was told by a friend that there was erm Pebble Mill were going to organise an Environment Project Competition for Great Britain , and they suggested I sent for a form , which I did , and filled it in , and erm to my astonishment a film crew came down and filmed the pond , and later on I was invited with my husband to Pebble Mill to get this award and it was given me by Virginia Mackenna and Bill Waters , and David Bellamy was there , and erm we had a wonderful time . |