Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pers pn] have been given " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , he said that he wanted to do something useful with his life , seeing that it had been given back to him when he had n't expected it . |
| 2 | She was just wondering if she 'd been given the wrong one when she realised that the door was n't locked . |
| 3 | He comes back two weeks later saying that he has been given the sack . |
| 4 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 5 | Gloucester opened negotiations with the dowager almost immediately , apparently claiming that he had been given custody of her and her land by the king , and by January 1473 the countess and her feoffees had agreed to make an estate to Gloucester in all the dower lands . |
| 6 | Gloucester opened negotiations with the dowager almost immediately , apparently claiming that he had been given custody of her and her land by the king , and by January 1473 the countess and her feoffees had agreed to make an estate to Gloucester in all the dower lands . |