Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fr Vince Ohlinger SVD has been appointed the new General Manager of Word Publishing Company in Papua New Guinea . |
| 2 | Britain 's Vivienne Westwood has been taking the historical fantasy tablets for some time . |
| 3 | TEST cricket 's leading wicket-taker Sir Richard Hadlee has been accorded the unusual honour of having a pea named after him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mitra had been considered the leading rival to Ramos for Aquino 's endorsement . |
| 6 | Britta had been watching the other woman — the one the Doctor called Benny — when the screens had come on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I read a short news item in which it was announced that Justine had been hanged the previous Saturday , the 24th , after several postponements of the event . |
| 9 | Mr. Barnes has been attending the general committee meetings and all the members appreciate the interest , help and guidance he has given . |
| 10 | Karl Hammond has been reading the Royal Society 's report on risk |
| 11 | Yassir Arafat and Kemal Jumblatt had been summoned the previous winter to Damascus , where they told Assad that they were winning the war and wished to move all the way into the Christian heartland . |
| 12 | Forestry interests and landowners in Scotland had been lobbying the Scottish Office to draw the teeth of the NCC because it had been too successful in defending the uplands from conifers . |
| 13 | CHANGES to the law on damages in Scotland have been given the Royal Assent after a campaign to help the families of workers dying from asbestos-related diseases . |
| 14 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | UNILEVER senior manager Bill Duncan has been appointed the new chairman of the Wirral NHS Hospital Trust , which manages Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals . |
| 17 | Omagh boss Paul Kee had been chasing the tall Limerick central defender for more than a fortnight . |
| 18 | Malekith had been shown the secret trade routes of the Dwarfs during his period as Bel Shanaar 's ambassador , and he now used that knowledge to his own benefit . |
| 19 | Coltart and Everett have been learning the hard way that it hardly matters if you can sometimes drive the ball 50 yards father than anyone else if the statistics show that some of your opponents single-putt an average of 24 greens per tournament . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 22 | One of the solictors acting for another trustee says that it appears Mrs Hilali has been living the good life . |
| 23 | Joe has been learning the great man 's speeches and studying his mannerisms , but does he really look likely Winston at all ? |
| 24 | Jonathan Phiri has been made the Acting Director of the Africa Literature Centre in Kitwe , Zambia . |
| 25 | Well known broadcaster , author and journalist Jonathan Dimbleby has been appointed the new President of the Council for the Protection of Rural England . |
| 26 | As you 've been reading this book God has been telling the Holy Spirit to make the bits that are especially important for you to stick in your mind . |
| 27 | Keeling had been arrested the previous day and put on a flight to London . |
| 28 | However , the Court of Apothecaries took the view that Miller had been paying the increased rent for some years and declined to sanction the proposed allowance . |
| 29 | Maxim had been reassembling the cleaned and dried gun . |
| 30 | Ronnie Convery 's been taking the spiritual temperature of the nation 's main churches . |