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The phrase "had been given no" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that someone did not receive in the past. For example, "The employees had been given no warning that the company was planning to close."
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I had been given no notice.
She said she had been given no explanation.
After this week's minicamp, he had been given no reason to second-guess himself.
The receivers said they had been given no evidence of financial backing for the bid.
In effect, we had been given no choice, and this made things easier.
Ms. Romans said she had been given no more information about what precipitated the shooting.
The elder Rahami said he had been given no information on his son's condition in hospital.
A warning had been given; no one was killed, but 200 were injured.
About 20 people stormed out of the room at one point, enraged they had been given no information.
She had been given no chance to grow into an adult capable of making her own decisions.
The Strathclyde police chief constable, Willie Rae, has said his force had been given no warning of Saturday's airport attack.
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