Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions . |
2 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | In both cases you have been given an explicit and specific purpose and your notes should be deter-mined by this task . |
6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
12 | 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 . |