Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] been given a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Martin needed a bit of time to settle down and should have been given a couple of throws in his usual position in the middle before going to the front and staying there . |
2 | He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal . |
3 | Thompson was backed by former hard-man Liverpool colleague Tommy Smith , who said Thompson should have been given a medal for what he did at Anfield , not the sack . |
4 | and she said well we 've got , for instance , one of my favourite patience is the girl of er , I think she 's nineteen , and er , she 's in their because her father had raped her since she was about eight , when she was sixteen she killed him , well I said well I think she should have been given a medal . |
5 | She must have been given a lift home from school with someone 's dad , because there were two other girls in the car in green uniforms . |
6 | ‘ You 'll have been given a directive from D21 ? ’ |
7 | This is probably why Blakemore would have been given a licence had one been needed under previous legislation . |
8 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |