Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] given to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At lunch-times , I was given to mental lapses . |
| 2 | I got quite , I was given to it last year , I reckon |
| 3 | Originally , all first-born sons were dedicated to God , but monetary gifts later took their place , which were given to the priests . |
| 4 | They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 . |
| 5 | The photo was one of a group of twenty-eight Rodchenko photographs which were given to the consigner in 1960 by Varvara Rodchenko , the artist 's daughter , and which raised £445,648 in total . |
| 6 | ‘ You have some papers , Fagin , ’ said Mr Brownlow quietly , ‘ which were given to you by Monks to look after . ’ |
| 7 | The drama of the moment was recaptured in Perelandra , the second in the science-fiction trilogy , where Ransom remembers the strength which was given to him in a moment requiring supreme moral courage . |
| 8 | One of the commandments which was given to Moses was : ‘ Thou shalt not covet ’ which means , ‘ You must not be envious . ’ |
| 9 | Jesus had no power of himself , he only communicated and performed through that which was given to him in relationship with the Father ( John 17:7f ) . |
| 10 | I ask whether this money too , which was given to him after the will was made , is understood to be included in the legacy . |
| 11 | Near the minster there is the Ashes playing fields which was given to the town by a local benefactor , Charles Briggs . |
| 12 | The parish registers begin in 1546 and contain among the memoranda reference to a large gold ring with the inscription ‘ Obey and Rule ’ which was given to the church by a Mrs Francis Rokeby on 26th August 1711 for the use , of any who came to the church to be married and were ‘ unprovided with a ring ’ . |
| 13 | Incidentally , the comedian Des O'Connor owns a guitar which was given to him by Holly , while Buddy was on tour in the UK . |
| 14 | In another room is ‘ Christ carrying the cross ’ from the Scuola di San Rocco , which was given to Titian at the Palazzo Ducale a couple of years ago , but is here assigned to Giorgione . |
| 15 | The Jews ' special characteristics derive from the religion which was given to them by Moses , which stressed one God who was invisible and would not allow images of Himself to be made for worship . |
| 16 | In an affidavit sworn on 17 December 1991 ‘ to assist the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in relation to the conduct of the [ defendant 's ] trial ’ Mr. Pantry stated that the addendum was in the case file which was given to him when he was assigned to prosecute . |
| 17 | The President signed the committal warrant which was given to the tipstaff as his authority for conveying M. to prison and the governor 's authority for receiving and detaining M. The drawing up of the formal order that M. be committed to prison was left to the court staff . |
| 18 | The survey highlights possible underuse of nebulisation , which was given to 35% of patients , and of steroids , given to 55% . |
| 19 | It was £500 in one pounds notes which was given to my husband in exchange for a car . |
| 20 | This assertion was strongly denied by Tshisekedi , who further maintained that key Cabinet positions were controlled by supporters of Mobutu , including the Defence portfolio which was given to N'gbanda Nzambo Ko Atumba , a nephew of Mobutu . |
| 21 | This was the case notwithstanding the fact that all the information which was given to the expert had in fact been previously published . |
| 22 | Alone , she was given to melodramatic sonnet sequences and masturbation . |
| 23 | Unfortunately the homemaking did not include harmony , for she was given to moods . |
| 24 | She was given to religion ; to quotations from the Bible . |
| 25 | She was given to playing with words in that way . |
| 26 | At the Colony Room she herself provided dramatic focus for , perched perennially on a bar stool , she was given to unrelenting abuse . |
| 27 | Some of these escapades upset Mrs Cohen , who was given to ‘ flying off the handle , ’ in Rosengarten 's phrase . |
| 28 | A number of the male houses were little better ; the Benedictine house of Sele had a non-resident prior in the 1460s who was given to selling off the moveable goods to keep up his life style . |
| 29 | Algernon whistled as he worked , a habit picked up from his father , who was given to musical expression while chopping up meat . |
| 30 | Forget Sophie , who was given to drama and tantrum anyway , what about Ben , my little boy ? |