The phrase "he was lent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone was given something temporarily, often in the context of borrowing.
Example: "He was lent a book by his friend for the weekend."
Alternatives: "he was given" or "he was loaned."
Mr. Mandala is accused of stealing the $780,000 he was lent by Merrill Lynch.
When in 1795 he was lent a house in Dorset, she made a home for him there.
Served with the Army in Korea, where he was lent to the Korean Military Advisor Group as a cryptographer.
In 1952 when NATO headquarters were established in Paris, he was lent to the U.K. delegation as defense adviser.
In March of this year, he was lent to Ipswich Town, a step below the Premier League, a career depreciation that The Guardian newspaper of Manchester called a "humiliating descent" for a player once considered a rising international star.
In 1931 he was lent to Paramount to star in "Skippy," a tale of a clever boy and his dog, directed by his uncle, Norman Taurog, who got him to cry on camera by having his dog dragged off the set and "shot," complete with sound effects.
At the time, he played down his role, saying he was lending Mr. Dollinger a hand "based on friendship".
Either that or the chairs actually belonged to him and he was lending 'em to Junius for a shindig.
Kreuger always hoped that his interest payments to Wall Street would be equalled by the interest on the money he was lending abroad, giving him the matchbox monopolies for free.
In early 1992 Lindsay Parsons took over as Cheltenham's manager and by the end of the following season he was lending Nicholls his club car to travel back and forth to Plymouth on trial.
Last year as he was lending awards-season support to his performance in "Magic Mike," his frail and gaunt appearance for his "Dallas Buyers" part made him at times an awkward presence, difficult in some ways to even look at.
