Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] been given a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He may have some that he did not use last year , or he may have become interested in a topic in the syllabus that has been given a new twist by some research ( perhaps his own ) . |
2 | He 's right , he has the body of a whippet topped by the face of a bulldog that 's been given a severe kicking . |
3 | Although relatively creaky as an operating system , the DOS installed base is vast — maybe over 100 million — and has been given a new lease of life by the runaway success of Windows . |
4 | The South as an image lives on , and has been given a new elixir with the appointment of Julius Nyerere as the head of the South Commission . |
5 | He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home . |
6 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
7 | Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment . |