Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] was give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not withstanding Eisenhower 's record as a military man and a statesman , the Shah was still unsatisfied , and in 1959 he flirted with the idea of signing a non-aggression pact with the USSR unless he was given more US military aid . |
| 2 | Lawyers for her husband contested her action in the High Court in London on Wednesday and she was given seven days to hand them back . |
| 3 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 4 | Poland had threatened on Sept. 9 to abandon its negotiations with the EC unless it was given extra access for food products . |
| 5 | It was not until Lady Diana Spencer was formally engaged to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that she was given permission to call him ‘ Charles ’ . |