Example sentences of "they 've [been] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
| 2 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 3 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 4 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 5 | But then , perhaps all chicks get to look like that , when they 've been raped a few thousand times . |