Example sentences of "i [verb] been give [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been given a pair of lime green webbed gloves as a wedding present by Roger , my surfing guru in Newquay . |
| 2 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 3 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 4 | I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday . |
| 5 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 6 | He throws me out anyway , a bad influence , a bad example , coming from the kind of home I did , I should know better , I 'd been given every chance . |
| 7 | if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er |
| 8 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 9 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 10 | I had been given a week 's leave and so I hurried to Hastings as I felt sure that would be my last leave for some time . |
| 11 | I had been given a week in Sydney before sailing for New Zealand . |
| 12 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 13 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 14 | But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with . |
| 15 | I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 17 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 18 | Yes I 'm afraid I 've come in as a a last minute substitute and I feel as if in the eighty ninth minute I 've been given a penalty to take that could win the match or |
| 19 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 20 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 21 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’ |
| 23 | " I 've been given the brush … |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been giving a little more thought to the question of our terms of reference . |
| 26 | I 've been giving the matter a lot of thought . |
| 27 | I 've been giving the milkman a blow job , you know , that sort of thing . |
| 28 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
| 29 | Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box . |
| 30 | Q I have been given a poinsettia as an early Christmas present which I am determined to keep healthy . |