Examples of 'were being given' in a sentence

Meaning of "were being given"

This phrase is used to indicate that something was being provided or given to someone in the past. It implies that the action of giving or providing was ongoing or continuous at that time

How to use "were being given" in a sentence

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were being given
It was clear we were being given a choice.
All you had to do was accept what you were being given.
Those operated upon were being given spectacles free of cost.
I bolted my lunch and went to the studio where the tests were being given.
Wenban added the family were being given a real testing.
They were being given the answers before the test.
You never knew what you were being given.
They were being given to them secretly.
We did not know we were being given a gift.
Penalties were being given away and eventually a yellow card was shown.
The orders for the next battle were being given out.
Orders were being given to the troops.
The finance bill and the social security bill were being given priority.
We were being given a system of personal values.
More and more gifts were being given to the new church.

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Some barely an effect on the dogs that they were being given to.
I knew we were being given exactly that.
She started convulsing repeatedly as if she were being given electric shocks.
Patients were being given appropriate treatment in general alignment with the right to health.
The countries receiving thousands of refugees were being given only limited international assistance.
Talks were being given on the radio suggesting that the wastes generated by the.
Discounts were being given.
They were being given the task of being witnesses to the whole world.
As though they were being given a choice.
But it was by no means real wealth, from the cash we were being given.
He found veterans were being given precedence in academic jobs and searched widely for a position.
They just followed the orders that were being given to them.
The girls were being given a ride home from a group home for children with drug problems.
Some Governments indicated that priority and more resources were being given to supply reduction interventions.
Palestinians were being given shelter there by the UN.
If I believed my answer were being given.
Mouse and West were being given the gift of encyclopedias.
The words " should operate " gave the impression that instructions were being given to courts.
Apparently the plants were being given away as gifts by a group of visiting Japanese.
Their responses were recorded, but they were not told what drugs they were being given.
Odwe told IRIN that old people were being given priority ahead of children at present.
Most single adults had not had a shower in a month and were being given wet-wipes.
As they were being given the money, cops caught them.
She took the view, inter alia, that the administrative committees were being given excessive power.
More and more children were being given the label, and often medicated for it.
What was Google planning to do with the data they were being given access to?
All kinds of medications were being given to her, but nothing really helped.
So it was a special department that handled friends of Angelo. Discounts were being given.
Practically all Vlaams Belang politicians were being given less opportunity to make their voices heard.
His Government & apos ; s national development strategies and programmes were being given a people-centred approach.
To this end, scholarships were being given to gifted young students in European academic institutions.
His Government 's national development strategies and programmes were being given a people-centred approach.
We, the public, were being given notice in no uncertain terms.
Seven percent 7 % of the sample were being given powdered milk.
Youth and adolescence were being given priority, since half the population was under 18.

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