Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been give " in BNC.
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| 31 | It would have been quite impossible to finish the book but for the computer program I had been given . |
| 32 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 33 | I had the feeling I had been given most of the pieces , but not the boxfront picture to tell me how to put them together . |
| 34 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | It was the directions that I had been giving them that I now began to consider . |
| 37 | He hoped that I could undertake something in that line , especially in relation to Italy : for I had been giving him my impressions of the visit to Rome , which included encountering at close quarters , Mussolini , Count Ciano , and Edda his wife , and the by comparison rather puny Neville Chamberlain . |
| 38 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 39 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 40 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 41 | I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time . |
| 42 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 43 | These are all suggestions I 've been given , but most of them are too vague for people to do anything with . |
| 44 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 45 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 46 | ‘ I 've been given my marching orders . |
| 47 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 48 | ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |
| 50 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 51 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 52 | Then , unable to hold back the words , she added , ‘ I 've been given to understand that you and Silas are both somewhat allergic to — er — to the feminine side of life — and that you 've both decided to live without such small luxuries . ’ |
| 53 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 54 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 55 | " I 've been given the brush … |
| 56 | I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished . |
| 57 | 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 |
| 58 | We 've got According to the information I 've been given we 've got seven thousand cubic metres of which is useful |
| 59 | ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account . |
| 60 | 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 . ’ |