Example sentences of "they have [been] give a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 . |
| 2 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |
| 3 | They were ragged and cowed , but they had been given a bed for the night and an enforced bath . |
| 4 | They had been given a family room , from which Monsieur Gauthier had obligingly removed one of the three single beds in order to provide the space Iris required for her daily yoga session . |
| 5 | They had been given a meal there but had refused to stay overnight . |
| 6 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere . |
| 8 | They have been given a confidence and liveliness through the influence of a common interpretation of Quantum Theory . |
| 9 | And they have been given a plastic card to carry itemising the major banned drugs . |