Example sentences of "and [verb] be give [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although relatively creaky as an operating system , the DOS installed base is vast — maybe over 100 million — and has been given a new lease of life by the runaway success of Windows .
2 The South as an image lives on , and has been given a new elixir with the appointment of Julius Nyerere as the head of the South Commission .
3 The £750 Heineken Puppy Trophy winner has an average sectional time of 5.26 and usually flies out of the boxes and has been given an ideal trap six draw .
4 He had been to Martin Finkelstein 's bar mitzvah and had been given a small white hat , which was still on his mantelpiece at home .
5 Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald .
6 Yes , Jack had certainly cracked in the pro-am , and had been given a sharp reprimand by the tournament director , Oliver Moreton , no doubt much to the latter 's enjoyment .
7 Ruth had decided to say she 'd been unwell , and had been given a few days off to recover her strength .
8 He had only been fifteen and had been given the four-ten , the so-called lady 's gun , which Rufus gathered had rather gone against the grain .
9 He was four years older than I was , and had been given the silver-spoon education that the son of a wealthy Edinburgh family was entitled to expect , I suppose . ’
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