Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] was given " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 2 | I stayed there only a few days , and then for some reason I was removed to the Colegio Fray Luis de Leon , where I was given a somewhat larger and more comfortable room . |
| 3 | Some sympathetic mothers covered it with bandages and bulging dressings and I was driven to the doctors ' where I was given a more impressive bandage , leaving my finger looking the size of a small banana . |
| 4 | He or she was given considerable powers , and had to be consulted by LEAs over their general development plans and any specific proposals to establish , close or alter schools ( this changed under the 1980 Act ) . |
| 5 | If the ulcer had healed , the patient started a maintenance regimen of ranitidine ( 150 mg at night ) otherwise he or she was given an additional supply of ranitidine ( 300 mg at night ) . |
| 6 | We rushed him to the veterinary hospital , where he was given an antidote which should have worked within 20 minutes . |
| 7 | He may have reassured himself of the contnuing power of his charisma during recent tours of the south , where he was given a rapturous welcome . |
| 8 | Amenhotep , who had been found with a garland of flowers still round his neck , went by train , first class sleeper , where he was given the top bunk . |
| 9 | His practical training started at his father 's mill , where he was given a lathe and built small working steam engines . |
| 10 | He was taken to the hospital by police , where he was given a great deal of medicine and became unconscious . |
| 11 | At a purely practical level , the anarchist and socialist press provided a forum for the dissemination of information about the October revolution , where it was given an enthusiastic reception . |
| 12 | Perversely , a settlement which is seen as having been the subject of more bitter dispute may persuade voters that nothing was given away too lightly . |
| 13 | The reply that I was given is as follows : ’ The external finance limit for BR next year will be £2,041 million . |
| 14 | er Mr talked about the figures , I 'm convinced that the figures that , that I was given still include Perzon House I 'm convinced that those figures were not , have not been taken out erm I do n't know who should audit the figures , perhaps the internal audit should audit the figures . |
| 15 | When I yeah when I was commercial manager for er one of the things that I was given the job to do was to sort out the company 's buying . |
| 16 | Er what is necessary for me to also convey to you is that the theme that I was given today was one of forgiveness . |
| 17 | Right , the trouble i the problem that we do have is a very big syllabus that I was given . |
| 18 | So I went to the council , I did n't know anything about social security , even that there was such a thing , so I was given benefit and a hostel to stay in at Elephant and Castle . |
| 19 | ‘ There is a tradition in the company that the newest family member to join gets the least exciting part , so I was given Africa . ’ |
| 20 | Once I was given the address of Mikhoels ' wife , Anastasiya Pavlovna Pototskaya , and I was told that she had a lot of Chagalls , and that she may possibly want to sell them . |
| 21 | In fact , the mother 's request to attend the initial case conference had been refused although she was given an opportunity to make written representations . |
| 22 | Chrissie admits that these came from the store restaurant 's stocks , but claims that she was given them by Fred , the chef , in return for her helping out over her lunch break in the kitchen , which was short handed . |
| 23 | Chrissie admitted that these came from the store restaurant 's stocks , but claimed that she was given them by Fred — , the chef , in return for her helping out over her lunch break in the kitchen , which was short-handed . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , her needs were totally ignored in that she was given a new posting to Aldershot — home of the Parachute Regiment . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | She also knew what was good for herself , so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children 's food . |
| 28 | Privately Owen intended to make sure that she was given a very strong briefing beforehand . |
| 29 | She had a respiratory infection and one reason for life termination was ‘ the threat of asphyxia ’ — so she was given high-dose opioids , which ensured that she died of asphyxia . |
| 30 | It was a manifesto for change , and although it was given greater publicity by the Tories and the local press than by the Labour Party , it was with this manifesto that Labour increased its majority in Haringey . |