Example sentences of "[pron] have been give [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said I 'd been given all I 'd get and I said it was n't enough . ’ |
| 2 | Like the other women , I 'd recently left my own home because I could n't carry on there any longer and I 'd been given safe spaces by friends with room to spare . |
| 3 | I had the feeling I had been given most of the pieces , but not the boxfront picture to tell me how to put them together . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 5 | ‘ So I 'll get clobbered if people read suddenly in the Daily Mirror that I 've been giving some away . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been giving some thought to the content of the next magazine with which I hope you can help . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | I 've been giving some thought to the next edition of Rural Wales/ Cymru Wledig , and to the contribution you could make . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been giving some thought to our — problem , ’ he stated . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that . |
| 13 | I have been given free catalogues , invited to try any guitar I wished — not just the cheapo imports either but vintage stuff too — actually got useful information from people who , without exception , seem to be knowledgeable and often talented players , and generally made to feel welcome . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | I have been given enough money for you to live the life of a gentleman in London while you are studying . |
| 16 | One example of an hypothesis which has been given serious attention in recent years is the possible link between electromagnetic fields generated by high-voltage power lines or supply cables and ill health . |
| 17 | The group , which has been given 18 bins , is building setts to replace those dug-up by badger-baiters . |
| 18 | Another facet of the problem of rural services , which has been given considerable publicity in England , is the demise of the village retail store due to economies of scale and retailing and stringent food hygiene regulations . |
| 19 | In the delicate balance between trust and accountability , an Area Secretary should be confident that her/his report will always be acknowledged on the basis of its having been given serious attention . |
| 20 | The formal support came from the Signet Office , which had been given definite shape in the fifteenth century . |
| 21 | The resolution , which had been given provisional approval on Tuesday night , declared the Congress 's support for fundamental economic reform and pledged there would not be a return to the Communist administrative-command system . |
| 22 | A United States bill prolonging the provisions of the US aid and development programme known as the Caribbean Basin Initiative ( CBI ) which had been given legislative expression in the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act of 1983 [ see pp. 31565-71 ; 32622 ; 33849-50 ] was passed by President Bush on Aug. 20 , 1990 . |
| 23 | Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way . |
| 24 | " To him who has been given much , much will also be required " . " |
| 25 | But she has been given special dispensation to play in two events in her home state before that birthday . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She was always prepared to the utmost and if she felt she had been given good advice , then she took it immediately . |
| 28 | In imagination Mrs. Pridmore followed her daughter as she pedalled vigorously on her way ; bumping down the rough farm track between Mr. Bowlem 's flat fields to Tenpenny Road , past old Mrs. Button 's cottage where , as a child , she had been given rice-cake and home-made lemonade , by Tenpenny Dyke where she still picked cowslips in summer , then a right turn into Chevisham Road and the straight two miles skirting Captain Massey 's land and into Chevisham village . |
| 29 | Dr Marshall , 60 , said it was disgraceful that she had been given little more than 48 hours to tidy her office . |
| 30 | In December 1986 she had had a transient ischaemic attack for which she had been given enteric coated aspirin ( ecotrin 300 mg/day ) . |