Example sentences of "she [vb past] be give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 2 | She 'd been given a rail warrant to Lowestoft , where the RTO had handed her over to the navy . |
| 3 | While she was away , she made a quick phone call to the British Intelligence number she 'd been given . |
| 4 | The task she 'd been given was quite unachievable . |
| 5 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 6 | Following the directions she 'd been given , Shannon came to the theatre stage door a few minutes later . |
| 7 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 8 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 9 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 10 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |
| 11 | She was just wondering if she 'd been given the wrong one when she realised that the door was n't locked . |
| 12 | Without consulting her it began to move faster , inciting her lover to a rhythm which he responded to triumphantly , accelerating in time with their heartbeats , taking her with him towards the culmination she 'd been given a foretaste of , which paled in comparison to the flooding rapture which overtook her seconds before Penry gasped , stiffened , then crushed her in his arms as their breathing slowed in the shared diminuendo of the aftermath . |
| 13 | If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated . |
| 14 | The constant diligence she gave was given ungrudgingly . |
| 15 | The tie of the white gown she had been given to wear caught in her hair and pulled it . |
| 16 | Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors . |
| 17 | He got half-way down the corridor and realized in irritation that he had no idea where she had been given an office . |
| 18 | She was always prepared to the utmost and if she felt she had been given good advice , then she took it immediately . |
| 19 | Eileen Riddrie had proudly shown it to her the previous week , as she had been given it that very day for her birthday . |
| 20 | She had been given a programme credit for making dresses several years before . |
| 21 | When Salomea tried to find another job , she was turned down because she had been given notice from her previous employment . |
| 22 | She sat in a corner of the playroom , dressed in the brown serge dress and white apron she had been given , and tried to think how she could run away . |
| 23 | Compelled , absolved , she had been given no choice . |
| 24 | Shaken but still thinking straight , Lynsey remembered the advice she had been given on defusing difficult situations . |
| 25 | She also toyed with a book she had been given as a Christmas present , In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine . |
| 26 | After all , she had been given a brain to think with while these patriots were being force-fed The Thoughts of Spiro Agnew , The World According to William F. Buckley and Killing Commies for God and Country . |
| 27 | Mrs Singh seemed bewildered by the amount of information she had been given . |
| 28 | She had been given directions to a smallholding where they sold early strawberries on a roadside stall but she must have missed her way , taken a wrong turning and come out here . |
| 29 | Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present . |
| 30 | The work that prompted the writing began when the teacher brought into the class ( a combined J3/J4 class ) a piece of driftwood she had been given . |