Example sentences of "[pron] have been given [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said I 'd been given all I 'd get and I said it was n't enough . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 4 | When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 5 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 6 | ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that . |
| 7 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 8 | I have been given enough money for you to live the life of a gentleman in London while you are studying . |
| 9 | " To him who has been given much , much will also be required " . " |
| 10 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 11 | Dr Marshall , 60 , said it was disgraceful that she had been given little more than 48 hours to tidy her office . |
| 12 | A record of the companies who have been given this dispensation should be held in order that this may be checked by the auditors . |
| 13 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |
| 14 | In parts we have been given that modern definition . |
| 15 | ‘ We have been given another chance and it 's up to us to take it . ’ |
| 16 | They say it is too soon to say if either will produce any results , but Chief Inspector Steve Cross of Cheshire 's Serious Crime Squad confirmed : ‘ We have been given some new names which we are following up at the moment . |
| 17 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |
| 18 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 19 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 20 | In tropical countries the importance of maintaining the cold chain is recognised , but in temperate countries it has been given little attention until recently . |
| 21 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 22 | When her brother had looked likely to become a chip off the old block , he 'd been given all the support of a loving father intent on realising his own dreams through his son . |
| 23 | Instead he sent out 12th man Paul Reiffel to cover for him whole he rang chairman of selectors Lawrie Sawle to vent his feelings about the news he had been given that morning . |
| 24 | On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital . |
| 25 | But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell . |