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

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1 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 . ’
2 Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance .
3 When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it .
4 Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association .
5 And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving .
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