Example sentences of "[vb base] be give [det] " in BNC.

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1 I remember being given some caviar once when we were in Russia — wrapped in newspaper because they had no containers to put it in !
2 Excuse me , sir , ’ I said , ‘ but do n't people mind being given these names ? ’
3 Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively .
4 ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him .
5 One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder .
6 What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ?
7 ‘ So I 'll get clobbered if people read suddenly in the Daily Mirror that I 've been giving some away . ’
8 I 've been giving some thought to the content of the next magazine with which I hope you can help .
9 I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of our magazine Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig , and I would like to persuade you to contribute the next Comment Column ( see page 2 of the magazine ) .
10 I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of Rural Wales/ Cymru Wledig , and to the contribution you could make .
11 ‘ I 've been giving some thought to our — problem , ’ he stated .
12 Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic .
13 Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife .
14 Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training .
15 In parts we have been given that modern definition .
16 When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’
17 In terms of the future of formal education , priority has been given to achievement of non-racial education , and neither questions of female access and achievement , nor the gendered content of educational materials , have been given much attention .
18 One or two tribes have been given much more time on the radio than others .
19 I have been given enough money for you to live the life of a gentleman in London while you are studying .
20 Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ .
21 that people can make their o , they have a balanced education which allows them then to make their own choices about , that things are n't over , I mean if we 've lived in a patriarchal society in which men are in power and that kin , and male sexuality maybe has come through more in sex education , those have been the issues that have been co , ha have been given more importance and female issues have maybe been neglected a little bit and now erm , with Aids as a problem we do n't want to turn out and suddenly become really homo homophobic or really , you know , right condoms , condoms , it has to be you know , you need to kind of keep the balance so that people are given the information and then have the freedom to make the choice themselves .
22 At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe
23 ‘ We have been given another chance and it 's up to us to take it . ’
24 SSDs have been given another set of community care priorities .
25 Members , who are advised to take walking boots or track shoes because of the likelihood of a muddy site , have been given these directions to get to the centre : from the M5 motorway , exit 17 , take the B4055 , signposted Severn Beach : straight on through Pilning and across the A403 dual carriageway at the traffic lights , then through Redwick and take first left B4064 , signposted Severn Beach half a mile ; through first set of temporary traffic lights ( plant crossing ) , then sharp right at next set of lights ; look for visitors ' centre on left-hand side .
26 Of the 69 coarse ware vessels described in this Report , only 12 have been given any indication of date and most of these refer to Wroxeter and Newstead parallels .
27 gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription .
28 They say it is too soon to say if either will produce any results , but Chief Inspector Steve Cross of Cheshire 's Serious Crime Squad confirmed : ‘ We have been given some new names which we are following up at the moment .
29 ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that .
30 A record of the companies who have been given this dispensation should be held in order that this may be checked by the auditors .
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