Example sentences of "[was/were] give before " in BNC.

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1 Eight practice trials ( one for each question-answer combination ) were given before the experiment proper , and the stimuli and questions for these are shown at the bottom of the second page of the aforementioned question sheet .
2 Antibiotics ( cefotetan and metronidazol ) were given before and after ERCP in patients with cholangitis .
3 The show was given before an invited audience of some 1,200 music fans each week , and as a visiting newspaperman I was afforded special treatment .
4 In practice , at least in South-East Asia , it made all the difference whether aid was given before or after independence .
5 Then later in that year a composer already associated with the Barberini , the great monodist Luigi Rossi , was invited to Paris ; the best Italian singers were engaged , Torelli prepared expensive spectacles , and Rossi 's L'Orfeo was given before a small and highly select audience on 2 March 1647 .
6 The linesman ( one in particular ) would nt make a single decision but waited to see what the ref was giving before flagging .
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