Example sentences of "been give [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 no I do n't like them at all he says , now my doctor had been given me this one
2 Eileen Riddrie had proudly shown it to her the previous week , as she had been given it that very day for her birthday .
3 I 've been giving him half of it .
4 I 've been giving him artificial respiration , and I think he 's going to be all right , but we ought to get him into shelter as quickly as we can .
5 She 's been giving me strange looks ever since I got here — doubtless because it 's not exactly commonplace for the star of the show to make bookings for the lowly make-up artist . ’
6 I said my wife has been giving me two and three bits every day thinking you 're having one of them .
7 ‘ And that 's why that damned woman has been giving me such strange knowing looks !
8 Why have you been giving me such a hard time for the past ten minutes ? ’
9 But since there is obviously a market for the invention of new mountain pursuits , I have been giving it some thought .
10 Which meant that he had been giving it considerable quiet thought .
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