Example sentences of "but [pron] was give " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't bite you , but I was given a bottle of gin and told to go out and sit on the stairs . |
| 2 | All very ordinary , but I was given the impression that somehow we were just that little bit better than the other families in our street . |
| 3 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Unfortunately she had to wait until a bed was available on the ward , but she was given a bed in casualty . |
| 5 | It was explained to her that she should not drink prior to having an anaesthetic but she was given a mouthwash because her mouth felt dry . |
| 6 | But she was giving him that right , she felt like shouting . |
| 7 | We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it . |
| 8 | Francis Carco , who was a friend who had bought Modigliani 's work before the crowd , also bought Modigliani 's paintings , but he was given them for what he himself described as a ridiculously cheap price . |
| 9 | Palace had Andy Thorn stretchered off with concussion , but he was given the all-clear after X-rays . |
| 10 | But he was given by his unmarried mum to a childless couple from Corfu , probably the only such adoption ever to take place in the Greek islands . |
| 11 | Sainteny tried to persuade them to accept French fighters in their advance , but he was given a brush-off . |
| 12 | Chalmers had been forced to miss the Sunday practice on account of a bruised right thigh but he was given the all clear after yesterday 's training to renew rivalries with the Welsh — the country against whom he was first capped four years ago . |
| 13 | Alice knew that it was the situation he was examining ; he was not used to this informality , to group-living , but he was giving it his consideration . |
| 14 | But it was given very full and serious consideration . ’ |
| 15 | The concept of the church as heaven on earth was as old as Byzantium , but it was given new impetus in these confections of the Holy Roman Empire 's last century . |
| 16 | A copy of the notice served on the group of insurance companies was sent to W. Plc. but it was given no opportunity to make representations and it had no right of appeal under Lautro 's 1988 Rules . |
| 17 | I wo n't read it all out , but it was given to me before I went into the Air Force . |