Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] have [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just Top service : Stockton trained Edwin Taylor has been nominated the best trainee waiter in Britain the second consecutive year a trainee with the Middlesbrough based Hotel and Catering Training Company has won the award . |
| 2 | Von Stein had been checking the wall clock in the laboratory then looking back at his notes for some time . |
| 3 | Britain 's Vivienne Westwood has been taking the historical fantasy tablets for some time . |
| 4 | Tam Dalyell has been reading the second Brandt report |
| 5 | Hill Murray has been handling the product , which comprises three healthcare policies for the elderly , since it was launched last June to insurance brokers . |
| 6 | TEST cricket 's leading wicket-taker Sir Richard Hadlee has been accorded the unusual honour of having a pea named after him . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough whistler Jeff Winter has been given the good news that he has been promoted to the Football League middle for the start of next season a distinction held by only 90 referees in the whole of the country . |
| 8 | Ronnie Convery 's been taking the spiritual temperature of the nation 's main churches . |
| 9 | I happened to see Sir John Woods [ Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade ] tonight and he told me that Sir Stafford Cripps had been reading the minutes of Cabinet committees during his absence [ in India , where he had been for nearly four months trying to reach a settlement which would lead to independence ] and had been depressed by the amount of time and energy taken up in the Ministerial Committees with the discussion of quite minor matters which individual Ministers ought to settle in their discretion . |
| 10 | The Brazilian pastor Carlos Dreher has been awarded the 1991 Wilhelm-Sebastian-Schmerl prize for his outstanding contribution to Protestant media work in a German speaking context . |
| 11 | GRAEME HICK has been given the all clear for Thursday 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's despite cracking a toe . |
| 12 | GRAEME HICK has been given the all clear for Thursday 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's despite cracking a toe . |
| 13 | ACTRESS Jane Asher has been given the excellent news that the cakes she designs are to be sold nationwide by Sainsbury 's from next month . |
| 14 | This was the one question Robert had been hoping the headmaster would not ask him . |
| 15 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi had been appointed the first woman member of the Supreme Court . |
| 16 | Just in case they 'd forgotten , Town Crier Willium Chapman 's been reminding the good people of Newent what day it is . |
| 17 | Swindon MP Simon Coombs has been touring the town 's Freshbrook estate . |
| 18 | I hear that Nicolas Thompson has been doing the rounds of literary agents in an attempt to improve the image of Reed Consumer Books among the agenting community . |
| 19 | With hindsight , one can see how Mr Gorbachev has been preparing the ground for this week 's changes . |
| 20 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 21 | Stephen Ball has been investigating the differences between streamed and mixed ability classes in comprehensives . |
| 22 | Mr. Barnes has been attending the general committee meetings and all the members appreciate the interest , help and guidance he has given . |
| 23 | What can be done about discrimination against Travellers , given that travelling people in the Glen Road have been denied the fundamental right of official halting sites which should have been provided by Belfast City Council ? |
| 24 | Health Minister , Tom Sackville 's been inspecting the Ambulance Training Headquarters in Oxfordshire , as an example to follow . |
| 25 | LESTER Piggott has been hailed the hero over and times champion jockey might wish to forget yesterday 's Goodwood ride on red-hot favourite Pharly Story . |
| 26 | Mr Lamont has been given the task of piloting the economy out of recession . |
| 27 | For days Mr Hurd has been criticising the Israelis for the harsh treatment of the Palestinians , so it was only politic of the government here to invite him to the Yadvashim memorial to the Holocaust . |
| 28 | Mr Finkelstein had been given the contract to paint the interior of the convent . |
| 29 | Graham Gooch has been given the go-ahead to lead England through the entire Ashes series |
| 30 | Mr Heseltine has been given the task of selling the government 's strategy on nuclear weapons . |