Example sentences of "that it had [been] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
| 2 | Mungo supposed that it had been given by , or taken from , Mr Zamoyski , since Vic was clearly not in the habit of buying smart footwear . |
| 3 | He argued that it could be implied that it had been given with the intention that it should be used to promote the policy and objects of the enabling act . |
| 4 | And was he given the choice before the order went out , or simply informed that it had been given ? ’ |
| 5 | A second inscription on the opposite side reveals that it had been given as a wedding present to the employer himself in 1838 . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he said that he wanted to do something useful with his life , seeing that it had been given back to him when he had n't expected it . |