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Example sentences of "he 's been [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He 's been called the boy they ca n't lock up .
2	This case provides the clearest indication of how the popular press may trade in deciding the appropriate nickname for a new case when the Star decided to focus special attention on this rape of a 6-year-old ‘ He 's been called The Beast , The Monster , the evil sex maniac … .
3	He 's been appointed the zoo vet . ’
4	Hopeless with that on because of course , he 's been wearing a pullover all the time and initially he had it clipped on the right hand side of his belts and of course , with that switch where is it ?
5	He 's been writing a column for the Sunday Express , occupying the space most famously enjoyed by John Junor , the laird of Auchtermuchty .
6	he erm , he 's given Stuart our phone number and Stuart 's been shouting this , this is Geoff 's phone number I mean he 's , he 's been telling every body our phone number , I says yeah you just let somebody ring us up and I 'll bloody well be round their house like a shot if they phone , they
7	he 's been getting the buying signals right , you can close them on alternative choice , right , which do you prefer ?
8	He 's been casting the Devil out .
9	I 'm a bit less pissed off about selling Batty now since a ) we did n't loose on Saturday ; b ) Rocky played well ( I bet he 's been given a run in the 1st team and a confidence boost with it ) ; c ) I heard Batty saying things like ‘ he did n't have to sell the club ( rovers ) to me ’ , with no hint of remorse at leaving Leeds .
10	He 's been given the award for his role in ending the Cold War , freeing the Eastern Block and resolving regional conflicts .
11	I 'm a little bit surprised Stone has n't tried to get a bit closer to him although I think he 's been given the job of tracking Agnew who 's more of an attacking midfield player .
12	He 's been gone a month or more . ’
13	He 's been doing the journey for fifteen years because he says he loves living in the country .
14	No , Rose said : he 's been doing an exorcism .
15	‘ He 's been keeping an eye on me , old Frear .
16	John , it seems , is something of a Wild West buff and , on our behalf , he 's been following the trail of some of the locations from classic moments of Western movie history .
17	He 's been playing the part in theatres up and down the country for over a year , so he 's had several first nights for this production alone .
18	A cricketer who 's ninety not out is being urged by team-mates to consider retirement … he 's been playing the game since nineteen-ten .
19	He 's been visiting the home for three years now .
20	He 's been driving the go-kart for 18 months so he 's really quite experienced .
21	‘ Thessy says he 's been offered a lot of money for a charter ? ’
22	Yeah he 's been carving the chicken , yeah
23	He 's willing to risk it , and he 's been told the risk . ’
24	He 's been told an operation will help him but says it 's only on condition he gives up smoking for six months .
25	But with him having on this side , because he 's so blooming awkward he 's been pressing the play switch and of course , so the tapes been turning round , have n't bothered to che , so you know , he was sort of saying well well play that tape and I 'll write their names down of the people as they speak , just the first names , you know so there 's loads of
26	‘ He 's been spending a lot of time round here .
27	Possibly at the church house , where , as you know , he 's been spending a lot of time recently . ’
28	Now he 's been fined a record £7,800 for telling the truth — £5,000 and £1,000 costs yesterday , in addition to an earlier £1,800 by Northants .
29	He 's been having a go at Pete .
30	I mean , I know , but Colin ai n't been down much this week , because Colin 's been working , he 's been working every day and that , you know what I mean , it 's been a bit hard for us to get down but we tried .