Example sentences of "that [pron] [was/were] give [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | Mrs. X mentioned in her letter that she was giving thought to taking civil legal action , so I sought advice on private prosecutions from both the Attorney-General , for such actions in England , and the Lord Advocate , for similar cases in Scotland . |
| 3 | It was not long after that news came through that she was giving demonstration flights of a Focke-Wulf side-by-side twin-rotor helicopter within a building at Templehof . |
| 4 | We also sometimes wish that we were given notice about the arrangements being made for us , and were consulted . |
| 5 | The seventh-century chronicler Fredegar thought that they were given lands by the Gallo-Roman aristocracy , who thereby gained tax exemption in the days of Valentinian I. It may be that this information actually relates to the reign of Valentinian III , and therefore that it is the same as the grant of Sapaudia , but this is by no means certain . |
| 6 | On Feb. 20 the Yugoslavian Collective State Presidency approved the " specific engagement " of army units in Kosovo , meaning that they were given orders to quash any unrest they found , using force if necessary . |
| 7 | humbug and foolishness ; that it was all prearranged ; that he was given music which he already knew ; that it was ridiculous to think that he could compose , and so forth . |
| 8 | The special relationship Finniston forged between top management and the work-force at British Steel is epitomised by the fact that he was given farewell parties by each of the seven major steelworks when he came to leave the corporation at the end of ten years . |
| 9 | She thought of the time George Galloway had come to her home while her husband was off work with badly bruised ribs and told them that he was giving William a week 's notice . |