Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] given [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
| 2 | Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box . |
| 3 | Q I have been given a poinsettia as an early Christmas present which I am determined to keep healthy . |
| 4 | I am disabled with arthritis and I have been given a Singer KE2400 , the green one . |
| 5 | ‘ February 10 — I have been given a dog — a mongrel pup called ‘ Lady ’ , and I have bought a wizard little pony and trap for £70 — a trim grey called ‘ Lucky ’ . |
| 6 | I have arrived , I have been given a number by the Church of Scotland |
| 7 | I have been given a large quantity of fabric and I would like to know if it would be suitable for painting in oils or acrylic . |
| 8 | Members of Schedule I have been given a choice of remaining in that Schedule with an NRA of 60 , or of opting for the new , improved , Schedule II . |
| 9 | I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions . |
| 10 | Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years . |
| 11 | However , I have been given no allowance under the ‘ premises ’ budget head and would prefer it if we asked the Trustees to allocate the requisite funds from our investments . |
| 12 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Murray replied , ‘ The Chairman and the Executive Board are backing this campaign and I have been given the ‘ teeth to police ’ the changeover and to deal with transgressors . ’ |
| 15 | Sadly , all too often they end up shelling out for mechanical write-offs which have been given a quick paint job and put up for sale at outrageous prices . |
| 16 | But it seems unlikely that it is often so , and it would be a mistake to extrapolate to other cases of mental illness which have been given the same diagnostic labels . |
| 17 | Since the last closure of the state university , in June 1980 , the government has encouraged the proliferation of private schools and colleges , which have been given the status of " university " . |
| 18 | The justification ( in addition to the desire not to increase the department 's work load ) is that local authorities are elected bodies which have been given the legal power to decide . |
| 19 | Striding out for charity FIVE unemployed people who have been given a place on a training scheme at British Aerospace Airbus , Broughton , have decided to give something back to the community by a sponsored walk from Bangor to BAe Broughton over two days starting on June 24 . |
| 20 | I do n't think this point has been properly understood by many people who have been given the impression that the films are a kind of expensive toy , when in fact you are the first conductor in history to use film as an integral extension of your work as an interpretative artist . |
| 21 | District nurses and health visitors who have been given the statutory power to prescribe treatments may not be given the authority to do so by their employers . |
| 22 | There is no doubt among those who have been given the gift of tongues that their prayer life and their ability to praise God in all circumstances has grown dramatically . |
| 23 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |
| 24 | ‘ You will probably have realised that , due to an administrative error in our payroll section , you have been given an extra day 's pay … instead of having a day 's pay deducted . ’ |
| 25 | In both cases you have been given an explicit and specific purpose and your notes should be deter-mined by this task . |
| 26 | You have been given the ability to recognise your own apprehensions , to accept them and then to let them go . |
| 27 | I am therefore pleased to advise you that you have been given the contract for the delivery of 40 ZX Computex reader printers at £75 per drop , making a total charge of £3000 . |
| 28 | It 's really a record simply that you have been given the authority . |
| 29 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We have been given a mandate by our supporters not to pay the rent and with Mr Butters refusing to reduce it further , the situation is still deadlocked , ’ committee spokesman John Daley said yesterday . |