Example sentences of "i 've [be] given " in BNC.

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1 I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him .
2 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 . ’
3 I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops .
4 I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time .
5 I always know if I 've been given the wrong change
6 These are all suggestions I 've been given , but most of them are too vague for people to do anything with .
7 I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it .
8 I 've been given a transfer .
9 I 've been given my marching orders .
10 Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel .
11 I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’
12 ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’
13 Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension .
14 ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended .
15 Then , unable to hold back the words , she added , ‘ I 've been given to understand that you and Silas are both somewhat allergic to — er — to the feminine side of life — and that you 've both decided to live without such small luxuries . ’
16 I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb .
17 I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender .
18 " I 've been given the brush …
19 I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished .
20 Yes I 'm afraid I 've come in as a a last minute substitute and I feel as if in the eighty ninth minute I 've been given a penalty to take that could win the match or
21 We 've got According to the information I 've been given we 've got seven thousand cubic metres of which is useful
22 I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account .
23 Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’
24 I think I 've been given it er some good cause rather than
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