Example sentences of "[been] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 33 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 34 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 35 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 36 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 37 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 38 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 39 | The foal is now an eight-year-old mare with a sweet disposition ; but then she has never been given a second chance to smell methylated spirits . |
| 40 | About half their original sample had been given a second interview four years after the first . |
| 41 | MARK Hateley has been given a long-awaited second chance by England . |
| 42 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 43 | THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament . |
| 44 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 45 | He knew , because in a town the size of Plumford everybody knew these things , that Hubert Molland had been given a combined parish a few miles outside Plumford , and that the Mollands were now living in Champney Crucis ; he knew that Kate had left school and was now doing something at the technical college ; and , more importantly , he had heard from Joe that she was going out with the local MP 's youngest son , whose name was Julian and who drove a Triumph Spitfire . |
| 46 | Having been given a perfect platform to put Sri Lanka under severe pressure by their openers , the middle order yesterday slumped from 316 for three to 380 all out . |
| 47 | The Auditing Practices Board 's discussion paper on the future direction of auditing ( see p 88 ) has been given a warm welcome by most of the profession , and the debate which it hoped to stimulate is already underway . |
| 48 | Before investigating a complaint , the commissioner must be satisfied that the complaint has been brought to the notice of the authority , and that the authority has been given a reasonable opportunity to investigate and reply to it . |
| 49 | The Evening Degree in particular has now been given a substantial boost as a result of the University 's successful bid for UFC funding and this means that from 1992–93 , three Arts departments ( History , Film and Media and Politics ) will offer courses in the evenings . |
| 50 | They are travelling to play Oulton in a friendly this Saturday to get acclimatised and each player has been given a personal training programme to get ready for three games in three days . |
| 51 | Airbus has been given a three-year guarantee on that contract . |
| 52 | ( In the Soviet Union a draft law allowing all citizens to obtain a passport quickly had already been given a first reading , and the Soviet delegate estimated that between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Soviet citizens could decide to emigrate " in the first two to three years " . ) |
| 53 | In a further nod of respect to the great helmsman , his portrait on the Forbidden City has been given a new look . |
| 54 | Unfortunately , this proposal has been so remodelled that , in reality , the old First Division has simply been given a new name . |
| 55 | Capita Group , the management services company best known for collecting poll tax and operating TV licence detector vans but which makes most of its money operating computers for local authorities , has been given a new lease of life by John Major 's re-election . |
| 56 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
| 57 | The gymnasium , swimming pool and even classrooms have been given a new lease of life as part of a timeshare development — such facilities having been a positive attraction to buyers . |
| 58 | From this viewpoint , football violence has been given a new meaning since the early 1960s . |
| 59 | American mediation , had been given a new lease of life by the Russian Revolution . |
| 60 | Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV . |