Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] given a [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I had been given a week in Sydney before sailing for New Zealand . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Q I have been given a poinsettia as an early Christmas present which I am determined to keep healthy . |
| 13 | I have arrived , I have been given a number by the Church of Scotland |
| 14 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Mike , who has been given a car and a house by his new employers , has yet to see his new surroundings , and it will certainly be a journey into the unknown . |
| 18 | Since talking to me , she has been given a council house about fifteen miles from her family home , so at last she and Sean can get on with their lives together . |
| 19 | Some might say that you 'd been given a job and failed to do it . |
| 20 | If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated . |
| 21 | Dot wished she 'd been given a bed nearer one of the windows so she could see out , or at least by the door . |
| 22 | She 'd been given a rail warrant to Lowestoft , where the RTO had handed her over to the navy . |
| 23 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 24 | Without consulting her it began to move faster , inciting her lover to a rhythm which he responded to triumphantly , accelerating in time with their heartbeats , taking her with him towards the culmination she 'd been given a foretaste of , which paled in comparison to the flooding rapture which overtook her seconds before Penry gasped , stiffened , then crushed her in his arms as their breathing slowed in the shared diminuendo of the aftermath . |
| 25 | But I sat in yesterday afternoon and I felt sorry for the man 's daughter who 'd been given a hymn the service . |
| 26 | ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod . |
| 27 | It 's our members in these industries who 've been given a hammering since privatization and who need as much support as possible to give them the confidence to face further difficult years ahead . |
| 28 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 29 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 30 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |