Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] been given " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew , of course , that one or other of the suore kept a constant eye on how we behaved , and I knew too that had they noticed anything ‘ unusual ’ I would have been given a severe talking-to and told not to come back . |
| 2 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 3 | She must have been given a lift home from school with someone 's dad , because there were two other girls in the car in green uniforms . |
| 4 | I do n't think she should have been given a custodial sentence , but a community service to make her think about what she 's done . |
| 5 | and she said well we 've got , for instance , one of my favourite patience is the girl of er , I think she 's nineteen , and er , she 's in their because her father had raped her since she was about eight , when she was sixteen she killed him , well I said well I think she should have been given a medal . |
| 6 | ‘ You 'll have been given a directive from D21 ? ’ |
| 7 | If somehow she could have been given a meagre share in their relationship , if one or the other had treated her as a confidante , it might have been more bearable . |
| 8 | She 'd have been given help by the Lord Chancellor 's Department , and her costs would have been minimal . |
| 9 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 10 | ‘ If Debbie had lost a leg she would have been given a customised artificial limb and provided with physiotherapy at the hospital and at home , ’ says Mrs Finni . |
| 11 | Once a year you would have been given a Sunday off to visit your own family ; this became known as Mothering Sunday . |
| 12 | It should be sent ( or preferably taken ) as soon as possible , together with the free death certificate ( Form BD8 ) which you will have been given by the Registrar of Births and Deaths , to the local Social Security Office , and as in most cases there is an entitlement to a National Insurance death grant , application can be made for this at the same time . |
| 13 | YOUR TASK : often you will have been given an explicit purpose for making notes at the outset . |
| 14 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
| 15 | But erm I mean th th the debate yesterday was , was as , as budget issues always are I mean when you 're talking about budget no matter , even in boom years you 're always still talking oh we have n't got enough money erm but it was positive in the sense that it was A we 're coming off the back of some good performance , and that 's important to remember , and all I 'm saying is there 's no reason why we should n't be able to maintain our performance , even if we ca n't improve it in the next two or three months erm from , to where we actually think we should have been given that the systems come in last year . |
| 16 | If they should have been given even more ‘ porridge ’ , then their belief that their own status made them beyond the rule of law was insufficiently punished . |
| 17 | Some of them are very good indeed but it is unlikely that they will have been given the opportunity to develop skills in such highly specialised areas as industrial photography , beauty photography or still life . |
| 18 | According to one report , he told a group of journalists that he believed he ought to have been given the interim presidency . |
| 19 | For one thing , the repetition helps to reinforce whatever suggestion he may have been given ; and , for another , I consider it vital that the patient realizes he is playing an extremely significant part in his own cure . |
| 20 | He is about parcels he may have been given . |
| 21 | Max Jacob believed he should have been given full credit for persuading Modi to return to painting . |
| 22 | He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal . |
| 23 | That 's how long he got but , looking at the players he brought through , perhaps he should have been given longer . |
| 24 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
| 25 | More commonly , he will have been given power to make laws , subject only to the controlling authority of one or both Houses of Parliament to unmake them , or to withhold the endorsement necessary for them to continue to enjoy the force of law . |