Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] have [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out . |
| 2 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 3 | The dispute was still continuing in 1637 : the lessees of the disafforested lands complained that ‘ the people of the country adjacent will not pay any considerable rent for what they say have been their commons ’ , although they had been allotted a considerable share of the forest wastes in lieu of common rights . |
| 4 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 5 | Cos I 've been asked a question before |
| 6 | It was as if she 'd been given a glimpse of paradise , and then had it barred to her forever . |
| 7 | If she 'd been given a test she could have been treated . |
| 8 | Then she kissed Auntie Lou on the cheek and said , ‘ Thank you , oh I do thank you , ’ and Auntie Lou smiled and blushed as if she had been given a present . |
| 9 | Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ? |
| 10 | The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits . |
| 11 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 12 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 13 | It would n't matter if you 'd been promised a king 's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion . |
| 14 | If you have been awarded a grant or scholarship , send a copy of the letter of the award , or arrange for the body providing the award to write to the University giving details . |
| 15 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |
| 16 | But the decision made itself , as if it had been made a long time before . |
| 17 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 18 | A few days ago , some hooligan or other walked into our bedroom , mine and Jane 's — and lifted " Suddenly , as the thought struck him , he jerked back in his chair , as if he had been given a minor electric shock , and stared at Alice , his jaw literally dropping . |
| 19 | When the film used some footage of his wife moving about the cottage , he felt as if he had been given a reprieve . |
| 20 | ‘ It would have been horrid if he had been born a few days after she died . ’ |
| 21 | That is , if then Q and If Q then R , where these are such conditionals , entail If P then R. It has sometimes been said that certain other " if " statements are not transitive — for example , " If J. Edgar Hoover had been born a Russian , he would have been a Communist " , " If he had been a Communist , he would have been a traitor " , and " If he had been born a Russian , he would have been a traitor " . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I am to be dominated by the truth because I have been made a Christian by the operation of the Holy Spirit within . |
| 24 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |
| 25 | ‘ I said to him ‘ Is n't that because you have been labelled a gangster who fights , and is a total embarrassment . |
| 26 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 27 | She feared John might not be at home but he was , and was very excited because he had been promised a job . |
| 28 | It is hard to say how directly the King reminded the Company that it was doing well because it had been granted a monopoly of the English market . |
| 29 | Black , because it had been burned a thousand years ago ; it still showed the shape of the face impressed upon it . |
| 30 | It is possible that your local authority may ask you to audition for them after you have been offered a place . |