Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] be given " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I 'd never been given that option . |
| 2 | The timing was opportune because Ned was able to take a year out from his university course ; Matthew had just finished school ; Val got 6 months ’ leave of absence from her job ; and I had just been given early retirement . |
| 3 | I had never been given the opportunity to explain to him the difficulties in making recommendations about the teaching of language . |
| 4 | ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’ |
| 5 | I 've not been given any instructions ! |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 7 | Before Rachel was born I bought about six stretchsuits , and I 've just been given 12 more but I have n't had to spend much on her clothes yet because I 've had so many presents . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
| 9 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
| 10 | Now I 've never been given any bother by the gays . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've only been given a year 's contract , so the main priority will be to win all the matches , using essentially the same side that played in the World Cup . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I have just been given a flower — the second in two weeks ’ , he told readers in the birthday issue column . |
| 14 | So I ignore the directive I have just been given , and head straight back to London . |
| 15 | I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter . |
| 16 | Where is Q P9 ? papers rustling This one I think we should give a little thought , because this is the one I think where oh yes this is going to get complicated because I have now been given a quiff and a few suggestion forms about it |
| 17 | I have recently been given an electric propagator and am keen to grow lots of plants from seed . |
| 18 | Q I have recently been given a fish tank which is 24″ × 12″ × 18″ . |
| 19 | If it is n't correct , I would like to know why Engineering 's approval has been withheld , because I have never been given any indication , at any stage , that there were any major problems regarding the project . |
| 20 | In a recent article , the historian John Spurr has suggested that the name ‘ Latitudinarianism ’ , which has traditionally been given to this movement , is inappropriate . |
| 21 | The hypothesis is that we have now reached the end of the particular combination known as Fordism and are embarking on an as yet embryonic and relatively unknown period , but one which has already been given a name — neo-Fordism . |
| 22 | Unmet need was said to exist where there was a care option which had not been given a recent trial and had not been recently refused by the client . |
| 23 | ‘ It would have made a difference in the disposition of that part of the estate which had n't been given away . |
| 24 | During the Fifties , the national pattern of soaring costs and falling revenue was reflected in Blackpool ; Franklin countered by cutting winter and off-peak services and the generous concessions which had previously been given . |
| 25 | That which had once been given could never , without injustice and danger to souls , be alienated . |
| 26 | v. Lindley , the facts of which have already been given , two at least of their Lordships considered that if the defendants had used unlawful means — i.e . |
| 27 | For these reasons and for the reasons which have already been given by Glidewell L.J. , I would dismiss this appeal . |
| 28 | 08.30 Fred Allcock , who has already been given temporary hand-written despatch documents by John Bell , drives off to Stadium Plastics . |
| 29 | I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live . |
| 30 | The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits . |