Example sentences of "you [verb] been [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What else could you do if you 'd been given no further guidance ? |
| 2 | Some might say that you 'd been given a job and failed to do it . |
| 3 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 4 | Would you have voted in favour of the sale of the house if you 'd been given the chance . |
| 5 | ( Anyone would think you 'd been offered the leading role in the latest Spielberg epic , for God 's sake , you 're supposed to be depressed or something . |
| 6 | It would n't matter if you 'd been promised a king 's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion . |
| 7 | I thought all treatment was free on the N H S , do I have to pay and they answer no , nor should you have been sent the bill although the hospital was within its rights to make a charge for the emergency treatment fee . |
| 8 | The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits . |
| 9 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 10 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 11 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 12 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 13 | You 've been given a reprieve . |
| 14 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 15 | That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push . |
| 16 | You 've been given the battery ? |
| 17 | 17 You 've been given an award for your services to natural history . |
| 18 | You 've been given an invitation to the most magnificent show in the world . |
| 19 | You 've been given an invitation to fall in love . |
| 20 | Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion . |
| 21 | Erm what kind of erm equipment do you use when , when erm you 've been reported a , a robbery ? |
| 22 | ‘ Who wants to work when you 've been offered a holiday ? ’ she asked . |
| 23 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 24 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
| 25 | Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ? |
| 26 | Make everyone stand in a circle and explain that you have been granted a special power which places people under your spell . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | In both cases you have been given an explicit and specific purpose and your notes should be deter-mined by this task . |
| 30 | You have been given the ability to recognise your own apprehensions , to accept them and then to let them go . |