Example sentences of "he [modal v] have been given " in BNC.

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1 According to one report , he told a group of journalists that he believed he ought to have been given the interim presidency .
2 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 .
3 He is about parcels he may have been given .
4 Max Jacob believed he should have been given full credit for persuading Modi to return to painting .
5 He should have been given a medal for trying to catch a car vandal .
6 That 's how long he got but , looking at the players he brought through , perhaps he should have been given longer .
7 He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’
8 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 .
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