Example sentences of "[pers pn] has [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She has been taking a small holiday . |
2 | It 's been five years since Zoë Fairbairns last published a novel , during that time she has been writing a huge and compelling family saga , Daddy 's Girls . |
3 | It gives her a role as a pseudo-ambassador to the region and she has been granted a special travel visa allowing access to the area without the normal restrictions on foreigners . |
4 | She is the Santa Maria del Sud and had recently been brought down under tow from the Argentine naval base near Buenos Aires where she has been undergoing a complete refit . |
5 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
6 | Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV . |
7 | But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University . |
8 | Even at the time of his admission and immediately prior to surgery when he has been given a great deal of information , his overriding concern is how he will cope with a stoma and whether he will be able to manage at home . |
9 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
10 | In his letter of resignation to the party leader , Mr Rezsoe Nyers , with whom he has been waging a long-running feud , Mr Nemeth stated he had no option but to resign . |
11 | Especially as he has been getting a rough deal from some sections of the crowd . |
12 | A witness can not be asked in examination-in-chief about any previous statement made out of court which is inconsistent with his testimony unless he has been declared a hostile witness by the court . |
13 | The House will be grateful to the right hon. Gentleman , because he has been making a clear statement and drawing a clear distinction between the two sides of the House . |
14 | This week in Georgia he has been keeping a low profile , wrapped up in his own game plan , which is how he best enjoys life , it seems . |
15 | ‘ He has been having a good rest , and by the time the middle of next month comes round when the big money tournaments start , he wo n't be knackered like some of the others . |
16 | He has been offered a full-time contract for July and has accepted . ’ |
17 | Now we can reveal he has been offered a new deal worth an EXTRA 2,000 a week . |
18 | He will tell you he has been left a better player and a better person . |
19 | Instead it has been given a new imprimatur and left on the old job . |
20 | Now this woman had always been aware of the as a child , she had always known it , it had n't be unconscious in the sense she 'd forgotten it , but it had been isolated , it has been given a new name , and ca unfortunately I ca n't remember what it was , but it was , it was completely er innocuous , the name was the term she used was totally innocuous . |
21 | So valuable has the dating of tephra become that it has been given a specific name — tephrochronology . |
22 | It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players . |
23 | Since this case it has been made a criminal offence not to wear a seat belt in the front seat of a car . |
24 | I feel that this is a difficult poem to understand but when it has been read a few times the meaning becomes clear . |
25 | On each of the three occasions this century where there has been a clear coalition government — May 1915 to November 1922 , August 1931 to September 1932 , and May 1940 to May 1945 — it has been to meet a national emergency . |
26 | He will be aware , bearing in mind the other pressures we have on the budget this year , how difficult it has been to get a higher priority for roads . |