Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
| 32 | The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions . |
| 33 | Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV . |
| 34 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
| 35 | Even at the time of his admission and immediately prior to surgery when he has been given a great deal of information , his overriding concern is how he will cope with a stoma and whether he will be able to manage at home . |
| 36 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 37 | Instead it has been given a new imprimatur and left on the old job . |
| 38 | Now this woman had always been aware of the as a child , she had always known it , it had n't be unconscious in the sense she 'd forgotten it , but it had been isolated , it has been given a new name , and ca unfortunately I ca n't remember what it was , but it was , it was completely er innocuous , the name was the term she used was totally innocuous . |
| 39 | So valuable has the dating of tephra become that it has been given a specific name — tephrochronology . |
| 40 | It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players . |
| 41 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 42 | A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping . |
| 43 | He had been given a tough assignment and he was in there fighting like hell on behalf of the British vehicle division . |
| 44 | there 's better news for Oxfordshire 's young tennis champion Tim Henman he 's been given a wild card entry into the Challenger Trophy which starts tomorrow |