Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] give the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 2 | The conduct element is causing ‘ actual bodily harm ’ , which has been given the wide definition of ‘ any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim ’ so long as it is not merely transient or trifling' . |
| 3 | Cardiff could see that he had attached a microphone of some kind to the metal container which still rested on the chair and which had been giving the so-called mysterious ‘ readings ’ . |
| 4 | The justification ( in addition to the desire not to increase the department 's work load ) is that local authorities are elected bodies which have been given the legal power to decide . |
| 5 | But it seems unlikely that it is often so , and it would be a mistake to extrapolate to other cases of mental illness which have been given the same diagnostic labels . |
| 6 | The relative or person who has been given the medical certificate by the doctor must see the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the district where the death occurred , in order that the death may be registered . |
| 7 | What happens if a customer complains that she has been given the wrong change ? |
| 8 | Since she had been working more or less at full stretch before she 'd been given the extra work to do , there was only one way she could fit more work into her day , and that was by working late at the office , then going home with a bulging briefcase . |
| 9 | She was just wondering if she 'd been given the wrong one when she realised that the door was n't locked . |
| 10 | She was so pleased to learn that Barbara Coleman was eager to talk to her again , and that she had been given the perfect reason for spending part of her day revelling in Chagall 's colour , that she smiled as she cut inland towards Maurin 's gallery . |
| 11 | She rang down to the reception , and asked tetchily whether she had been given the correct room number . |
| 12 | Nkrumah ( who had been given the Christian name of Francis ) responded readily to this challenge . |
| 13 | District nurses and health visitors who have been given the statutory power to prescribe treatments may not be given the authority to do so by their employers . |
| 14 | They 're supervised by Sonia Rafferty , who 's been given the rare privilege of forming the group and a selection of new works . |
| 15 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 16 | This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe . |
| 17 | After they had been given the coq au vin the waiter shovelled on to their plates , from a mysteriously divided dish , some wilted vegetables , and Richard recognised that tile moment had come to make his only point . |
| 18 | It has been given the lowest efficiency target in the country by the Government 's new Passenger 's Charter . |
| 19 | But as he grew older , and felt the signs of decay in his mortal body , he rejoiced to think that his inner man was being renewed every day , until he should attain that ‘ being at home with the Lord ’ to which his whole Christian life was directed and of which he had been given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee ( 2 Cor. 4 : 16f , 5:1ff , 5,8 ) . |