Example sentences of "i [vb base] been given the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 2 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’ |
| 4 | " I 've been given the brush … |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account . |
| 6 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |