Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] have [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 Apparently he 'd been offered a record contract which the Fish had turned down , saying they were n't good enough yet .
2 Perhaps he has been promoted a little too rapidly and a little too high .
3 Finally I have been given a gearbox with the number 26107266 on top , 22 stamped on the right between gearbox and transfer box and Marshall 219467 on the side of the transfer box .
4 Whereas yesterday he had been given a glimpse of Vic 's charm , now he felt disturbed by this peculiar character .
5 The unwary were apt to buy a ‘ pig in a poke ’ ( sack ) and find out later they 'd been sold a muted pup .
6 Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association .
7 Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past .
8 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 .
9 Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV .
10 But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University .
11 But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’
12 And then I said , then she 'd been bought a a hundred pound of leg waxing machine .
13 Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me .
14 Instead it has been given a new imprimatur and left on the old job .
15 Yet he had been offered a foreman 's job and refused it .
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