Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [been] given [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Martin needed a bit of time to settle down and should have been given a couple of throws in his usual position in the middle before going to the front and staying there . |
2 | He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal . |
3 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
4 | Thompson was backed by former hard-man Liverpool colleague Tommy Smith , who said Thompson should have been given a medal for what he did at Anfield , not the sack . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | BATTLE of the Atlantic veteran and Garston MP Eddie Loyden should have been given a greater role in the recent commemorations . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He had this load of dead-weights working for him , old lasses that should have been given the boot years ago . |
9 | Eilish McDermott , QC , appearing for Doherty , submitted ‘ natural justice ’ required that — taking account of the time he spent in jail in the US — Doherty should have been given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | This film must have been given an ‘ A ’ certificate by the censors but adults were easily persuaded to ‘ take us in , please , mister . ’ |
12 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
13 | ‘ You 'll have been given a directive from D21 ? ’ |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Some fruit may have been given an artificial protective coating , so it 's best to wash them in warm soapy water and rinse them well before use . |
16 | ‘ 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 . |
17 | This is probably why Blakemore would have been given a licence had one been needed under previous legislation . |
18 | Once a year you would have been given a Sunday off to visit your own family ; this became known as Mothering Sunday . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
21 | Dr Enid Starkie would have been given the chance to swat another Mistake in Literature . |
22 | Forty-eight hours from now , she thought , staring at her pale reflection in the mirror , Anne Hammond would have been given the miracle of the chance of a new lease of life , while her own future seemed to stretch emptily ahead with nothing but work to fill it . |
23 | According to one report , he told a group of journalists that he believed he ought to have been given the interim presidency . |
24 | You will have been given a time at which to expect clearance to leave the hold — this could be either EAT or OCT . |
25 | YOUR TASK : often you will have been given an explicit purpose for making notes at the outset . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | When the process is complete , the outgoing prime minister goes straight to the Palace and formally tenders his resignation ; the most he needs to do is inform the monarch , who will have been given the figures already , that the ballot has produced a given result , probably adding that in his view the newly elected leader can command a majority in Parliament . |