Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [been] given [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 08.30 Fred Allcock , who has already been given temporary hand-written despatch documents by John Bell , drives off to Stadium Plastics . |
3 | Patients who had initially been given chenodeyxholic acid as dissolution treatment had a significantly lower recurrence rate than those who had been treated , originally , with ursodeoxycholic acid ( 17.8 ( 5.8 ) % at 42 months by LTA compared with 67.1 ( 16.4 ) % ; p<0.05 ) . |
4 | On Feb. 14 , the crews of six SU-24 fighter-bomber jets who refused to take the oath of loyalty to Ukraine defected from Ukraine to Russia , where , it was later announced , they had all been given new postings . |
5 | They have all been given legal status in the country and enjoy the same social welfare benefits as Nicaraguans . |
6 | He had reportedly been given personal details of Danish citizens abroad who had died and was thought to have used these to obtain false papers ; his source , a Copenhagen city official , had been arrested . |