Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] give the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christine has just been given the all clear … but only after an intensive five weeks of radiation treatment . |
| 2 | And the unique project has just been given the Royal seal of approval . |
| 3 | It has good beaches , dramatic scenery and has even been given the royal nod . |
| 4 | In the midst of the proceedings , when they have already been given the Ten Commandments and much besides , and Moses is on the summit of Sinai receiving more torah to relay to them , they rebel . |
| 5 | 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 . |