Example sentences of "that [pron] [was/were] give [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Bhutto is spitting fury , not just over the matter of the provincial assemblies , but also because she says that she was given fewer ministries in the caretaker government ( just under a quarter ) than she deserves . |
| 2 | Well , Val I think you are quite right in thinking that you are not alone in feeling let down after purchasing the ‘ wrong ’ computer for your needs and I do agree that you were given poor advice by the store you purchased from . |
| 3 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 4 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 5 | Bolognese lawyers were so important to both the papal and imperial parties in supplying them with lawyers to staff their governments and administrations that they were given special protection . |
| 6 | The family was willing in principle to loan or sell some of the most important contents of the staterooms to a hotel , but only on condition that they were given proper conservation safeguards . |
| 7 | The railways railwaymen were demanding more , because they felt quite rightly that they were giving more to the railways . |
| 8 | Local journalist Mike Stairs has been following the story closely , but says it was n't until the mid-'80s that it was given national attention . |
| 9 | A taxation of the bills would not prejudice the debtor 's claims that he was given negligent advice . |
| 10 | I think in fact it 's a bit of a cheek for the Chief Constable to go to the Home Secretary here ev , Home Secretary again this year , asking for more officers , when he has n't recruited all the ones that he was given last year . |
| 11 | But it was serious in the sense that he was given wrong advice . |