Example sentences of "that [pers pn] have been given [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She murmured that Nicola Sharpe had told her editor that she had been given a really good story by someone in the Drugs Squad . |
2 | She was so pleased to learn that Barbara Coleman was eager to talk to her again , and that she had been given the perfect reason for spending part of her day revelling in Chagall 's colour , that she smiled as she cut inland towards Maurin 's gallery . |
3 | What happens if a customer complains that she has been given the wrong change ? |
4 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
5 | Some might say that you 'd been given a job and failed to do it . |
6 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
7 | I am therefore pleased to advise you that you have been given the contract for the delivery of 40 ZX Computex reader printers at £75 per drop , making a total charge of £3000 . |
8 | It 's really a record simply that you have been given the authority . |
9 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
10 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
11 | I believe that we have been given the right to have dominion over animals . |
12 | Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance . |
13 | So valuable has the dating of tephra become that it has been given a specific name — tephrochronology . |
14 | Wembley confirmed tonight that it has been given the go-ahead to make more room for wheelchairs . |
15 | However , the powerful US tuna industry lobby has made sure that it has been given an annual ‘ dolphin kill' ’ quota . |
16 | He said that he had been given no information about the departure and even late yesterday , had been unable to reach government officials responsible for refugee matters . |
17 | Lord Derby complained that he had been given no warnings . |
18 | Sullivan later claimed that he had been given no instructions on this point . |
19 | Fortunately , I noticed that he had been given a place at a different school from his older brother and that it was actually a matter of filling in the appeal form requesting a place at another school . |
20 | His eyes seemed to fasten on her immediately and Maggie had the irritated feeling that he had been given a very uncomplimentary description of her . |
21 | Was it Dominic 's fault that he had been given the job she wanted so badly ? |
22 | The fact that he had been given the Elphberg name of Rudolf by a Royalist father was of small importance to him , nor was he at first more than casually intrigued when he woke from a strangely prophetic dream in the forest of Zenda to hear two men discussing the remarkable resemblance between him and the King . |
23 | Having written a fairly scathing account of this approach in draft , I sent it to John Austin Baker ( as I have also sent my account of their work to Christian feminists whom I discuss in this book for comment ) only to receive a delightful letter from him which rescinded much that he had written , explained that he had been given the title , and essentially agreed with my criticism ! |
24 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
25 | Mr Marian Calfa is pleading for more time on the grounds that he has been given an even longer list . |
26 | He comes back two weeks later saying that he has been given the sack . |