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be given

verb as in get

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Hadn’t the suspect been given a chance to get rid of the phone?

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Rosebank, located west of Shetland and estimated to contain between 300 and 500 million barrels of oil, was given the green light the following autumn.

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Fern Meadow was controversial before it was even built - plans were rejected by Wrexham council, only to be given the green light by the Welsh government's planning inspector.

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A man who admitted being the owner of what is believed to be an XL bully that injured an 11-year-old girl in Birmingham has been given a two-year suspended sentence.

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The father of two was given new medication, but the coroner found there had been "undertreatment" with antibiotics which were not enough to kill off bacteria in a clot on his heart.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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