Example sentences of "[vb past] be give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'd also in this time rung up the er forwarding address in Manchester , rung up the telephone number I 'd been given of the forwarding address . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ I said , turning sharply on her and utilizing advice I 'd been given by Charlie about the treatment of women : Keep 'em keen , treat 'em mean . |
| 3 | On March 7 the Iraqis released the first 1,000 of the Kuwaitis taken prisoner at the end of the Iraqi occupation , the total number of those abducted being given as some 7,000 . |
| 4 | In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ . |
| 5 | It is , indeed , doubtful how much help Gloucester could have commanded explicitly in order to take the throne : some , almost certainly , but much ( if not most ) of the backing he enjoyed was given to the protector for the maintenance of stability — a distinction of which Gloucester himself seems not to have been fully conscious . |
| 6 | It is , indeed , doubtful how much help Gloucester could have commanded explicitly in order to take the throne : some , almost certainly , but much ( if not most ) of the backing he enjoyed was given to the protector for the maintenance of stability — a distinction of which Gloucester himself seems not to have been fully conscious . |
| 7 | One lecture I recently attended and very much enjoyed was given by Doctor Norman Vance on the subject of ‘ Moralistic Females and Victorian Discontents ’ . |
| 8 | The money raised was given to the Holy Childhood and the scheme was adopted by Australia and Scotland . |
| 9 | Huge scaly legs , moist , glistening , with some slimy covering that she instinctively knew was giving off the putrid smell . |
| 10 | After two months , a settlement of 17 per cent was agreed , but the green light had been given for others to follow on . |
| 11 | When the aircraft took off , at last , with a mere 18 missiles , no clearance had been given for overflights between Tel Aviv and Tehran . |
| 12 | The prizewinner was presented with a cup , which had been given for the first time in 1987 . |
| 13 | Treatment had been given for periods ranging from two weeks to over 10 years . |
| 14 | Giving their decision , Lord Hope said strong reasons had been given for hearing what the children had to say without taking them back to Orkney . |
| 15 | At their next meeting instructions had been given for a rendezvous . |
| 16 | If , on the other hand , ‘ domicile ’ had the meaning which that term had been given for the purposes of the application of the Brussels Convention , it must be assimilated to residence . |
| 17 | Before the second Dutch war they argued for parliamentary control of the revenue destined for the war , and during the session of 1666–7 Garway was in the forefront of the group 's attacks on government corruption , proposing a statutory committee to examine the accounts of the money which had been given for the war with the Dutch . |
| 18 | Should the elective resolution cease to have effect , if the authority has lasted for 5 years or more before the election it expires forthwith : otherwise it has effect as if it had been given for a fixed period of 5 years . |
| 19 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 20 | no , I 'd voiced my concern and I understood the instruction had been given for the brochures or for that particular part of the brochure to be withdrawn and |
| 21 | Members heard funding had been given for a fourth ear , nose and throat surgeon . |
| 22 | Mr Hamnett , of Hassocks , Sussex , said chocolate penises had been given as Christmas gifts by departmental secretaries during the lunch . |
| 23 | She also toyed with a book she had been given as a Christmas present , In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine . |
| 24 | She was sure if she listened hard enough she would be able to hear the creak of the rocking-horse the girl had been given as a Christmas present a month ago . |
| 25 | A second inscription on the opposite side reveals that it had been given as a wedding present to the employer himself in 1838 . |
| 26 | The third sister , Ankhsenpaaten , had been given as a child bride to Tutankhaten . |
| 27 | It could be memorised easily and no warning had been given about its sensitivity . |
| 28 | The Test and County Cricket Board 's chief executive Alan Smith said he was satisfied with assurances he had been given about the safety of Graham Gooch 's 16-man squad . |
| 29 | No warning , of course , had been given of the shelling from the ‘ Big Berthas ’ and the public feared that an advance on Paris would soon follow . |
| 30 | In early April a figure had been given of 1,108 security personnel deaths since June 1990 , when the breakdown of a year-long ceasefire [ see pp. 37529-30 ] had dashed hopes of a political solution to the Tamil separatist issue . |