Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] a [noun] in " in BNC.

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1 I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards .
2 I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’
3 The very first film I made with Roy he took me to one side and he said ’ you 've been working a lot in the theatre and you 're playing to the back row of the the dress circle which is right for the theatre . ’
4 I 've been keeping a watch in case we had visitors . ’
5 ‘ I 've been left a house in France , end of subject , except that it is my intention — ’
6 I 've been offered a job in general practice .
7 I 've been consulting a re-issue in paperback of John Gross ' excellent Oxford Book of Aphorisms and scrutinised some modern examples in ‘ Quote Unquote ’ , the sample of sayings of the week published each Saturday in the Independent .
8 Glenn Hoddle and his men have been taking a break in Spain this week , so let ; s hope their ready and willing to kill the Posh off tomorrow .
9 Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere .
10 The organisers have been granted a licence in the face of strong local objections .
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