Example sentences of "have [be] give [num] " in BNC.

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1 The group , which has been given 18 bins , is building setts to replace those dug-up by badger-baiters .
2 The museum already has a comprehensive library donated as a bequest from Paul Maenz , the former Cologne gallery owner , and has been given fifty-five works of art by a West German group of industrialists .
3 Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences .
4 Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences .
5 Little Wolfgang has been given two magnificent swords …
6 Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company that has the misfortune to be controlled by the state , France 's chronic loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office .
7 Underlining the endless uncertainty that surrounds any industrial or commercial company controlled by the state , France 's loss-maker Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has been given two months to come up with a viable strategy , French Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said after a news conference where he outlined his policies after six weeks in office .
8 The vicar who keeps more than fifty animals in his garden has been given two weeks to get rid of them .
9 But one or two MPs emerged from behind the public show of loyalty to warn that Mr Major has been given one last chance .
10 John Prescot has been given one of the key posts in the new shadow cabinet .
11 ‘ Much of it is , but Christian has been given fifty acres of forest land .
12 Strathaven-based Yuill and Dodds , which was due to have its licence suspended for seven days from midnight on Sunday , has been given 49 days ' grace to decide whether to appeal against the decision .
13 The company has been given 12 months to fit equipment to control discharges of the highly toxic chemical pentachlorophenol ( PCP ) .
14 And Altovar Limited has been given three months to pay the eight thousand pound fine .
15 Gary Gavin , who 's twenty-four , has been given three life sentences for a series of sex assaults on women , girls and young boys .
16 NOW THAT the council has been given thousands of pounds for traffic calming measures , how about a pedestrian crossing outside Alder Hey Hospital ?
17 ‘ He seems also to have been given sixty thousand in travel grants .
18 Mr Redmond had been looking after the woodyard where he worked while his employer was on a cruise to restore his health , and Sarah told Anne that her father had been given fifty pounds as a mark of appreciation when his employer returned .
19 He reminded the House that the police had been given forty-eight hours notification of the proposed route : ‘ Honourable members on this side of the House who in this respect are charging him [ Paisley ] with gross civic and social irresponsibility must also charge the police with exactly the same thing . ’
20 But whatever satisfaction Scott may have gained from the debate and the fact that he had been given six months to prepare a new design , it must have soon been dispelled by the public press and the action of some of his professional colleagues .
21 He had been given six Loaches , two heavy with eggs .
22 A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills .
23 His action was popularly resented as a poor show of gratitude for the benefit he had been given two years before .
24 I later interviewed the bemused recordist , and established he had been given two portable stereo tape recorders , which he had laid on the ground pointing in opposite directions .
25 Another , a regular visitor to the Undercroft , presented a model of the King of Siam 's Royal barge , which she had been given 40 years ago , after service in our Bangkok Embassy .
26 Today , the Foreign Office said that the Court in Nepal , which originally ordered their detention , had been given 3 days to either release the men , or to start trial proceedings .
27 His assailants next told him that they had been given three pounds each ‘ to do you up tonight ’ by the ‘ drug squad ’ detective with whom he was already unpleasantly familiar .
28 If those resources had been given three or four years ago , we would not have the long delays that lead to so much misery , and the small number of non-genuine asylum seekers would not be here for longer than we would all want .
29 Kisekka , who was appointed Vice-President , was in his mid-70s and reported to be in poor health ; in February 1988 he had been given three deputies to ease his workload .
30 They 've been given 44 .
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