Sentence examples for was given a present from inspiring English sources

As he left, he was given a present - the name plaque from his door, with his title picked out in modern lettering.

Days before the press conference, each of the 300 guests – analysts, journalists, investors and Amazon's most diehard of customers – was given a present: Bezos's favourite book, Mr Pine's Purple House.

(In the memorial service his family designed to Jobs's wishes at Stanford University, at which Al Gore spoke and Bono and YoYo Ma played, each of the congregation was given a present in a small brown box that turned out to be the Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda).

He worked at the BBC station 1-Xtra but was given a presenting break by Kiss.

In due course Ms. Phillips, though not reinstated to "Strictly," was given a presenting job on "So You Think You Can Dance" on prime-time Saturday-night television.

One tells of him being given a present of a Galápagos turtle.

One, recounted in the New Yorker this week, tells of him being given a present of a Galapagos turtle.

One childhood friend, Laura Cecil, recalls being given a present of a scene from The Love Of Three Oranges, "which, of course, I had never heard of.

She sat there with that chewed-in yet absent-minded smile on her face, as if she'd been given a present that she knew she'd like, even though she hadn't got the wrapping off it yet.

She sounded a little disappointed, like she'd been given a present and then had it taken away.

The next day I'm given a present as part of a secret Santa gift exchange, and I'm actually much happier than normal.