Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [been] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to my sign , you 've already been given an important clue . |
| 2 | ‘ You have already been given a full briefing on the facts , ’ said the President . |
| 3 | The council 's plan to replace their Saturday shift with a standby system has infuriated the men whose bosses have just been given a big pay rise . |
| 4 | All these strategic arguments in favour of nuclear power , from the military imperative through national pride to the need for an alternative to fossil fuels , have also been given a powerful institutional base . |
| 5 | The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions . |
| 6 | All the 10-inch high dogs have now been given a decent burial at the village 's Pound Bottom rubbish dump . |
| 7 | The Puritans — who have sometimes been given the useful alternative title ‘ the hotter sort of Protestants ’ and are now increasingly referred to by historians as ‘ the godly ’ — did not necessarily uphold different beliefs from the moderates , but their religious activities generally occupied a far greater proportion of their time and energy . |
| 8 | I have recently been given an electric propagator and am keen to grow lots of plants from seed . |