Example sentences of "[pron] was give [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was given it at the end of a stormy course on race relations given to staff at Hen don Police College . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mummy dropped it when she was giving it to me . |
| 5 | And you know she treasures it because it was given her by a grateful patient centuries ago . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price . |
| 8 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm surprised he was given it at all , really . |
| 10 | He was given lots of cuddles because he kept looking at us as if to say ‘ What has happened to me ? ’ ‘ |