Example sentences of "have [been] given a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Silkience Hair Range , well known for its self-adjusting formula , has been given a completely new look . |
2 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
3 | Mildred , however , had been given a rather dim-witted tabby because there had n't been quite enough black ones to go round . |
4 | She murmured that Nicola Sharpe had told her editor that she had been given a really good story by someone in the Drugs Squad . |
5 | Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved . |
6 | His eyes seemed to fasten on her immediately and Maggie had the irritated feeling that he had been given a very uncomplimentary description of her . |
7 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |