Example sentences of "[pron] have been given a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for .
2 My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet .
3 Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events .
4 I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb .
5 Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’
6 I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions .
7 I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it .
8 I have been given a large quantity of fabric and I would like to know if it would be suitable for painting in oils or acrylic .
9 A brass band from Point of Ayr Colliery , which has been given a temporary reprieve from closure after being included in a 90-day pit review , headed the rally .
10 Sadly , all too often they end up shelling out for mechanical write-offs which have been given a quick paint job and put up for sale at outrageous prices .
11 Fletcher , who has been given a five-year contract , captained England in seven of his 59 Tests , in which he scored 3272 runs ( 39,90 ) , with seven centuries .
12 So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ?
13 But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery .
14 Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance .
15 When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it .
16 They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert .
17 Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors .
18 She had been given a plain black dress with a crisp white apron and a mob-cap .
19 In Schmidt v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs the plaintiffs were Scientology students who had been given a limited leave to enter the country .
20 Before Mr Morton 's operation at the world-renowned Papworth Hospital , near Cambridge , he was introduced to a man walking around the ward who had been given a new heart only days before .
21 Nearly one quarter ( 8/33 ) of those who had received the more comprehensive list of complications thought that they had been given ‘ too much ’ information , compared with just 6% ( 2/36 ) of those who had been given a simple explanation ( p=0.04 , Fisher 's exact test ) : anxiety scores did not differ significantly between patients who thought the amount of information given was too much and those who thought it was ‘ about right ’ ( data not shown ) .
22 Next-door neighbour Jean Beveridge , who had been given a running commentary by armed police inside her home , revealed the gunman had been daring the police to shoot him .
23 He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement .
24 Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ?
25 As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review .
26 a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’
27 They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future .
28 Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association .
29 And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving .
30 When the cameras had long since departed , I was left to carry the can and answer any angry participants who felt they had been given a raw deal .
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