Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] given [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After warning had been given that poll-tax bills will average £400 ( $780 ) in April , Westminster council announced that residents will have to pay only £176 , down £19 on last year . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We also felt that Zephyr had been under pressure due to her immense popularity and had been given little opportunity to show off the gentle side of her nature — in the same way the more extrovert patients had dominated the evening while those of shy and retiring nature had slightly missed out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown . |
| 7 | Lord Denning said that it could be implied that the Minister had been given this power to enable him to revoke licences obtained illegally . |
| 8 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 9 | It was perhaps as well John Hounsell had been given some forewarning . |
| 10 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 11 | On Saturday he had been given some time off to visit his critically ill sister , 17-year-old Lillian , as she lay in hospital . |
| 12 | However , if hon. Members had been given more time to study these complicated regulations , more of them might have realised how adversely they affect some of their constituents and would have made it their business to be here . |