Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been given [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday . |
| 2 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 3 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 4 | He throws me out anyway , a bad influence , a bad example , coming from the kind of home I did , I should know better , I 'd been given every chance . |
| 5 | if I 'd been given the choice , erm you know if they 'd said you know okay you 're next , you going I 'd have said no thanks , send somebody else , but er |
| 6 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 7 | I had been given a week 's leave and so I hurried to Hastings as I felt sure that would be my last leave for some time . |
| 8 | I had been given a week in Sydney before sailing for New Zealand . |
| 9 | But if I had been given the chance when I was younger I might easily have made a mistake and gone for good looks and he might have turned out to be Old Nick to live with . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’ |
| 14 | " I 've been given the brush … |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account . |
| 16 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 17 | Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box . |
| 18 | Members of Schedule I have been given a choice of remaining in that Schedule with an NRA of 60 , or of opting for the new , improved , Schedule II . |
| 19 | Q I have been given a poinsettia as an early Christmas present which I am determined to keep healthy . |
| 20 | I have arrived , I have been given a number by the Church of Scotland |
| 21 | ‘ February 10 — I have been given a dog — a mongrel pup called ‘ Lady ’ , and I have bought a wizard little pony and trap for £70 — a trim grey called ‘ Lucky ’ . |
| 22 | However , I have been given no allowance under the ‘ premises ’ budget head and would prefer it if we asked the Trustees to allocate the requisite funds from our investments . |
| 23 | Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 26 | Their development has been entrusted to the Countryside Commission , which has been given a grant of £600,000 to set up a co-ordinating committee for each forest . |
| 27 | A Statement of Joint Proposals was submitted to the Bank of England Task Force on Securities Settlement , which has been given the remit to put together an alternative . |
| 28 | Upstairs the old house seemed to be on a multitude of different levels , with steps up and down , unexpected recesses and windows , all of which had been given a character of their own , by a carefully chosen ornament or floral arrangement . |
| 29 | The meeting concluded with the unanimous approval of a resolution strongly condemning the policy of forced expulsions — the policy which had been given the name " ethnic cleansing " ( " etnicko ciscenje ) . |
| 30 | By the end of the year , Mrs Thatcher was in the chair of a new cabinet committee , Misc. 141 , which had been given the task of preparing for the fast-approaching day when limits would be set on greenhouse gas emissions . |