Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i have be given " in BNC.

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1 Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel .
2 Mr Murray replied , ‘ The Chairman and the Executive Board are backing this campaign and I have been given the ‘ teeth to police ’ the changeover and to deal with transgressors . ’
3 ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’
4 In the last minutes of the debate — the hon. Member for Birkenhead need not worry ; I am leaving him time within the advice that I have been given — I must mention the generality of the issues raised .
5 I am disabled with arthritis and I have been given a Singer KE2400 , the green one .
6 My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet .
7 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 . ’
8 The extraordinary piece of good fortune that I had been given was the opportunity to fight it my way .
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