Example sentences of "[pers pn] has been [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of them has been transformed into a breathtaking beauty ! |
| 2 | She has been regarded as a patron saint of hares ever since . |
| 3 | But it could be argued that she has been placed in a high turn-over establishment because she possesses an authoritarian style of leadership . |
| 4 | But local mum Carol Lambird says she has been locked in a wrangle with Durham County Council for the last two years after her son Christopher was diagnosed as dyslexic . |
| 5 | It was Molly , of course , who introduced Medau work in the Special Needs sector and she has been followed by a number of our teachers who all deserve recognition for their work in this field . |
| 6 | She has been rescued by a young castaway named Vicki . |
| 7 | As already imitated , Sarah Cunningham 's playing throughout this fascinating recital is a constant pleasure , and she has been provided with a recording which does ample justice to the ripe sonority of her instrument . |
| 8 | She has been denounced as a bad influence on young girls ( who adore her ) , and Pepsi cancelled her commercials . |
| 9 | This involves stimulating a female cat that is on heat with a glass rod , so that her body is fooled into reacting as if she has been mated by a tom-cat . |
| 10 | When you tell Oreste that he has been blessed with a brother I beg you to remind him that he is his mother 's first-born and as such has pride of place in her heart . |
| 11 | Beware if a potential leader comes in with dissatisfaction at how he has been treated in a previous group . |
| 12 | But when he has been exposed as a liar and a traitor , left alone on stage , Shakespeare allows him to end the scene with a soliloquy in verse : . |
| 13 | The fact is that he has been saved from a disaster primarily caused by his ill-judged decision , based on terrible advice , to join the mechanism . |
| 14 | The merest mention of the word ‘ sex ’ is more than sufficient for Old Cyclops to start straining against the trousers before jumping to attention as if he has been plugged into a battery-charger . |
| 15 | Misery And there is no sign that the Scottish star 's misery will ease , as he has been named in a third-team line-up to face Manchester City this weekend . |
| 16 | He has been wanted by a string of clubs , including Manchester United , who last season saw Pearce as the final piece in a title jigsaw . |
| 17 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 18 | One BGS officer is in post and he has been supported by a consultant editor . |
| 19 | Recently , he confesses , he has been plagued by a recurring dream in which all these Hollywood types he barely knows are asking to borrow his toothbrush . |
| 20 | Since leaving school , he has been employed as a draughtsman and this is his only source of finance for his habit . |
| 21 | The latest production to have commenced shooting in Dublin is ‘ Into The West ’ , the story of a re-housed gypsy who refuses to be parted from his horse — despite the fact that he has been moved to a high rise block . |
| 22 | He has been pictured in a Tarzan suit with a helicopter hovering over his head . |
| 23 | He has been seconded for a year , and his beat is construction , property and hotels . |
| 24 | After trading for some months , he has been approached by a company which says it owns the rights to the trade name Pizza Parlour and that he must desist from using it . |
| 25 | John lost an arm and a leg as a result of a motorcycle 12 years ago and he has been provided with a £200 electronic device , the size of a cigarette pack , that uses electric signals to relieve discomfort . |
| 26 | He has been described as a caring individual . |
| 27 | He has been described as a right-handed David Gower . |
| 28 | He has been caught in a machine , or some part of a machine has suddenly broken , with fatal results . |
| 29 | He has been helped by a generous dollop of hype . |
| 30 | Grampian Police say he has been identified as a Northfield resident but his name is being withheld . |