Example sentences of "has [adv] [be] give a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be .
2 I drove into the mouth of a carnivorous wave with the reckless abandon of a man who has just been given a week to live .
3 The hypothesis is that we have now reached the end of the particular combination known as Fordism and are embarking on an as yet embryonic and relatively unknown period , but one which has already been given a name — neo-Fordism .
4 He has fittingly been given a measure of local immortality by Mrs Lavinia Mary Thwaites , who spent much time in the man 's jovial company .
5 New Zealand international hooker Duane Mann has also been given a deadline of next week to decide on his new deal .
6 It has now been given a £1 million ( $1.7 million ) estimate by Sotheby 's who will be taking it to Japan prior to the sale , although the market for Constable in Japan is not particularly developed .
7 A TEENAGER who slashed £1,500 worth of tyres at a Scarborough garage has now been given a job by his victim .
8 However this is a claim made solely on the evaluation of the IBM team and it has n't been given a stamp from the National Computer Security Centre .
9 This little town has recently been given a face-lift , and the white walls gleam attractively in the sun above the narrow pedestrianized streets .
10 Surprisingly , for a progenitor of such masterpieces as the Stations of the Cross in Westminster , Gill has never been given a retrospective of his sculpture , a void which the Barbican Art Gallery is filling with a collection of over 50 works in stone and related drawings , engravings , and contemporary photographs which reveal the paradoxical creativity of this artist , sensually spiritual and ascetically erotic .
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