Example sentences of "been given a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turtle breeding beaches in western Cyprus have been given a breathing space by the decision of the government to freeze development in the area for one year . |
| 2 | The first one relates to the child who broke into my car , I wo n't call him a child he 's a bloody toerag as far as I 'm concerned , who broke into my car has been given a caution , a bloody caution . |
| 3 | Earlier in 1959 , Yulo Tsering had been given a life sentence for taking part in the Tibetan revolution of that year . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 5 | Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present . |
| 6 | Nuala positively glowed , and for a few moments she looked like a child who had been given a present . |
| 7 | It would have helped him if the two most awkward customers in the political equation — Sinn Fein and the DUP — had been given a drubbing by the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists respectively . |
| 8 | A brief review of the appearance of the disease in goats was given : the six premises on which cases were thought to have occurred have been given a choice , after being placed under restriction , of slaughtering their stock receiving ex gratia payments , or remaining restricted . |
| 9 | Members of Schedule I have been given a choice of remaining in that Schedule with an NRA of 60 , or of opting for the new , improved , Schedule II . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
| 12 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 13 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 14 | Jonathan described to the court how in August 1991 he had been given a blackcurrant drink made by Allitt . |
| 15 | However this is a claim made solely on the evaluation of the IBM team and it has n't been given a stamp from the National Computer Security Centre . |
| 16 | For many women , it 's the first time they have been given a responsibility of this kind . |
| 17 | There is an apple-tree up against the fence that separates them from their neighbours , but it has been given a kind of Buddhist monk 's haircut . |
| 18 | The bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty had been given a second reading on May 21 [ see p. 38931 ] but its further consideration had been suspended on June 3 in the light of the negative Danish referendum vote on ratification [ see p. 38942 ] . |
| 19 | New Zealand international hooker Duane Mann has also been given a deadline of next week to decide on his new deal . |
| 20 | Gareth Furby 's been given a sneak preview . |
| 21 | Most working men claimed to know someone who had once been given a trial or had been ‘ on the books ’ of a club for a spell . |
| 22 | She had been given a telephone number in France : Cassis 08.79.30 , Les Roches Blanches , a hotel . |
| 23 | Nothing had happened , he had been given a warning , that was all . |
| 24 | It is murmured that one or two departments have been given a warning shot across the bows : ‘ improve , or you may sink without trace ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I have just been given a flower — the second in two weeks ’ , he told readers in the birthday issue column . |
| 26 | Michaela has been given a minder since the Hacienda . |
| 27 | But the tawdry image of urban renewal has been given a facelift and can now return , again with all the metaphoric power of seasonal fecundity . |
| 28 | After all , she had been given a brain to think with while these patriots were being force-fed The Thoughts of Spiro Agnew , The World According to William F. Buckley and Killing Commies for God and Country . |
| 29 | He has fittingly been given a measure of local immortality by Mrs Lavinia Mary Thwaites , who spent much time in the man 's jovial company . |
| 30 | Have you just been given a position of more responsibility ? |