Example sentences of "have [been] [vb pp] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Silkience Hair Range , well known for its self-adjusting formula , has been given a completely new look . |
| 2 | She wore a faintly sly and greedy look , like a child who has been promised a rather disreputable treat if it 's good . |
| 3 | A LASMO-operated group has been awarded a highly prospective block in Yemen , adjacent to major discoveries . |
| 4 | Thus from a very narrow and restricted expression there has been drawn a very wide and unrestricted principle , all based on the assumed purpose of Parliament and the perceived absurdity of seeking to effect it by the language in which Parliament actually chose to express it . |
| 5 | Had he been there earlier he might have been asked a less direct question . |
| 6 | All in all , Mo had been given a pretty torrid time by the nation 's voters . |
| 7 | Mildred , however , had been given a rather dim-witted tabby because there had n't been quite enough black ones to go round . |
| 8 | She murmured that Nicola Sharpe had told her editor that she had been given a really good story by someone in the Drugs Squad . |
| 9 | Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved . |
| 10 | His eyes seemed to fasten on her immediately and Maggie had the irritated feeling that he had been given a very uncomplimentary description of her . |
| 11 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 12 | It came about because , after an early night in the same bed as that slept in by the Prince , Dr Johnson , who had a cold and had been rendered a little deaf by it , ‘ spoke of Prince Charles being here , and asked Mrs Macdonald , ‘ Who was with him ? |
| 13 | At that moment the door to the next room , which had been left a little ajar , opened and a slim , petite woman came in , elegantly dressed in a blue crêpe de Chine suit that echoed the colour of her eyes . |
| 14 | The poster had been pinned onto a large wooden board to the top of which had been affixed a very small Lebanese flag . |
| 15 | In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been sent a very favourable letter from the council and there now looks to be no problems on that score , ’ added Deakin . |
| 17 | Playing open chords around the bottom frets feels fine ; the top two strings have been left a little high at the nut , but the E , A , D and G are perfect . |
| 18 | Like all other departments we have been established a very long time and therefore have the experience and the knowledge in dealing with lettings . |