Example sentences of "[pron] was give in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as I have said , the impression I was given in 1944 by three officers of the S.A.S. was that Leslie and his men had been dropped , and that only the plane itself had not returned . |
| 2 | Can and do , she thought , ever since that September of two years ago , before I was given in marriage , when Owen fired Ruthyn , and his men plundered Oswestry and Welshpool , and the king came storming through here and across the border with all his army , but never found any enemy to fight . |
| 3 | does anybody remember particularly what they were given , or make a great deal about it , of a meal of it , unless you 've given them something absolutely outstanding like a fur coat , I remember the fur coat I was given in |
| 4 | Nearly 800 schoolchildren from all over Fife and Tayside attended the 1991 schools ' Christmas lecture organised by the Tayside Section , which was given in St Andrews University chemistry department on 16 December and Dundee Institute of Technology on 17 December 1991 . |
| 5 | The size of the manor was somewhat reduced , the bishop not receiving all that which was given in the original Charter . |
| 6 | This can help to prevent the kind of simplistic denunciation of it which was given in the example quoted on page 62 – 3 in Chapter 5 . |
| 7 | We submit that this approach is preferable to the subsequent decision of the Court of Appeal in Dexter v Courtaulds Ltd [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 372 which was given in ignorance of the earlier decision in Prokop . |
| 8 | Hannah explained that it was one of the elegant gifts that her mother had brought down when she was given in marriage to her half-cousin ( on the Tallentire side of the family ) , William Bayles Hauxwell . |
| 9 | Mrs Fellows , admitted for an operation on her varicose veins , is adequately hydrated and has been following the dietary advice she was given in the Outpatient Clinic and has managed to lose some weight . |
| 10 | The bride , who was given in marriage by her father , looked radiant ; she wore a dress of ivory silk crêpe made by the Chelsea Design Company . |
| 11 | Review is only available to adjudication officers , who can revise the decision where it is shown that it was given in ignorance of , or mistake as to , a material fact , or there has been a relevant change of circumstances . |
| 12 | When I say that er the existing bonus structure er although unrelated to time , was certainly related to the man 's pay packet and it was given in the way of an advice note with each job , and a price attached to it . |
| 13 | He appears under the name he was given in his orphaned youth — the Boy from Apulia . |
| 14 | John 's ballet for them was given in their first programme , presented at Chatham on 20 September 1948 . |