Example sentences of "[vb base] received a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And by now , every point won by Forget received a wild , standing ovation .
2 ‘ The thing is , sir , we 've received a film of General Steiner 's death .
3 We 've received a credit note for Simon 's management fees for 1989 , which amount to DM 40.000 .
4 We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’
5 For example , I 've received a request from the doctor on Koraloona for a large parcel of drugs .
6 I 've received a letter and I do n't know whether to show it to the police .
7 Because I , I 've received a letter erm from a parishioner , if I can find it , er which I have photocopied for everyone , which I think was a direct response to the fact that there was something in the magazine and perhaps a direct response to other meetings and to a general feeling as well .
8 ‘ I 've received a letter from your Health Promotion erm Liaison Officer , can I ask you if this was sent on your behalf ? ’
9 ‘ We 've received a slap in the face from Big Brother , ’ said one deputy from Bashkirtostan .
10 We 've received a number of apologies for absence .
11 The first one is that I , I 've received a number of complaints about colleagues smoking in the , in conference .
12 I 've received a number against .
13 They 've received a lot of publicity erm and a lot of angst erm and they 're quite complicated , so I 'll go through them carefully .
14 LVi. 284 Rydal Mount , near Kendal December 23rd 1827 My dear Sir , You will , I hope , before this reaches you , have received a parcel for your Mother and directed to your care which a Friend of mine , going to Leeds , was so kind to take charge of .
15 As the British Resident Minister at AFHQ , Harold Macmillan , reported to the Foreign Office [ KP63 ] : " Thirteen Corps have received a message from General Loehr 's headquarters in Croatia brought by the hand of a German Foreign Office official .
16 There are others , such as the number of children who have received a nursery education , where we are very near or at the bottom .
17 ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . )
18 ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson .
19 The Information memorandum will only be released after we have received a confidentiality agreement and we would stress at this stage the need for total confidentiality .
20 ‘ The appointment of the Winchester Group is on the basis that Mr. Victor Tee is no longer a director , a shareholder or an employee and we will inform you as soon as we have received a response to our request to the Royal Life Insurance Ltd. for a reference .
21 Now I have received a bill for nineteen pounds thirty from the hospital for the treatment I was given .
22 One in five tax payers in Darlington have received a court summons for non payment .
23 The US government 's efforts to create a long-term repository for nuclear waste have received a setback with the announcement that a deep underground salt chamber in New Mexico provisionally selected for this purpose may be close to collapse .
24 I hope that we never reach the position that I have sometimes , although not often , met in my constituency , when I have received a phone call from a private home to the effect that it could no longer keep a patient who had perhaps become doubly incontinent .
25 In view of today 's decision by the Court of Appeal to allow the appeal by Winston Silcott , may I ask whether you have received a request by the Home Secretary to make a statement on that matter ?
26 I have received a request from the Village Hall Committee for financial assistance towards providing play equipment for the recently formed mother and toddler group .
27 We have received a request from the N.E.B. for copies for all the examiners , and we were delighted to agree , and in turn asked the executive to consider financing this , or getting the office to supply copies .
28 Er , before we start , I would like to say that we have received a request er , I think it was from Longman Dic tories er Dictionaries to have er , one of our meetings recorded , and er , after discussing with the leader of the Council , er and er we decided that that this may be the best committee to record .
29 Over the last few years , thousands of people have received a variety of training through the Business Venture , which is made up of senior local businessmen and two council officials one Conservative and one Labour .
30 Students are not eligible under this scheme if they : have not been ordinarily resident within the European Community for the three years preceding the start of their course at the University ; or are on an exchange programme where fees are waived ; or have attended a course normally lasting more than two years and have received a UK statutory award for this study .
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