Example sentences of "have been [verb] [art] big [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Doctor has been given a big job in Trinity |
2 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
3 | Ms Phillips , like the Scottish National Party 's candidate Gerry Fisher , has been making a big play for the student vote , which could prove critical in this , Scotland 's second most marginal constituency . |
4 | The aim of the programme had been to divide the big farms into smaller plots and to redistribute the land to the workers , but it had bred uncertainty among landowners and entrepreneurs many of whom , unwilling to part with their property , had delayed investment . |
5 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |
6 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
7 | Recently , even those outlets have been drying up because they too have been selling the big breweries ' beer in return for cheap loans . |