Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [be] give [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 4 | I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions . |
| 5 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I have been giving a great deal of consideration towards the most effective Council Tax structure to be adopted based on the experiences of Community Charge to date . |
| 8 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 9 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 10 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In both cases you have been given an explicit and specific purpose and your notes should be deter-mined by this task . |
| 13 | ‘ You will probably have realised that , due to an administrative error in our payroll section , you have been given an extra day 's pay … instead of having a day 's pay deducted . ’ |
| 14 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 15 | However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe . |
| 18 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 19 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 20 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 21 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 22 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
| 23 | In the author 's constituency , for example , there is a company whose main competitor in Germany has been given switchgear free of charge by the local electricity board , and they have been given a twenty-year loan at no interest for generating plant . |
| 24 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
| 25 | The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions . |