Example sentences of "been [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 2 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
| 3 | The emotive subject of rapes has been given a great deal of publicity , and every case of an alleged rape of a Serbian woman by an Albanian is used as a pretext for fierce agitation among the Serbian population . |
| 4 | Even at the time of his admission and immediately prior to surgery when he has been given a great deal of information , his overriding concern is how he will cope with a stoma and whether he will be able to manage at home . |
| 5 | The five-year-old confined to a London hospital bed has been given a postal pick-me-up with get well cards from school pupils . |
| 6 | Cook has incidentally been given a testimonial season by Transvaal for his outstanding services over a long period . |
| 7 | But these concerns perhaps reflect that the last two of the eight key tasks — on staff training and informing users — have been given a low priority in some areas . |
| 8 | No wonder the Secretary of State has been given a roving brief across Europe . |
| 9 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 10 | An unemployed man who caught pike out of season to feed his family has been given a conditional discharge by magistrates . |
| 11 | The exam league tables have also been given a black mark by teaching unions . |
| 12 | Jeremy Batty , an 18-year-old off-spinner , has been given a two-year contract by Yorkshire after his first-class debut in the last game of the season against Lancashire at Scarborough when he had match figures of 8 for 193 . |
| 13 | Norman Cole , a partner in Specsaver , which has branches in Stockton and Middlesbrough , has been given a temporary suspension for two years from the British College of Opticians . |
| 14 | A brass band from Point of Ayr Colliery , which has been given a temporary reprieve from closure after being included in a 90-day pit review , headed the rally . |
| 15 | Broadly , the survey confirmed that parents of children with special needs had not been given a real choice of placement , and that they had to fight hard for mainstream provision if this was their choice . |
| 16 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 17 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 18 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 19 | The Auditing Practices Board 's discussion paper on the future direction of auditing ( see p 88 ) has been given a warm welcome by most of the profession , and the debate which it hoped to stimulate is already underway . |
| 20 | The Evening Degree in particular has now been given a substantial boost as a result of the University 's successful bid for UFC funding and this means that from 1992–93 , three Arts departments ( History , Film and Media and Politics ) will offer courses in the evenings . |
| 21 | Airbus has been given a three-year guarantee on that contract . |
| 22 | A Shetland Pony who was suffering from depression has been given a new outlook on the world . |
| 23 | He may have some that he did not use last year , or he may have become interested in a topic in the syllabus that has been given a new twist by some research ( perhaps his own ) . |
| 24 | New Zealand Test star Iro has not been given a new contract by Manly and was offered back to Wigan last week . |
| 25 | Alcock was cheered up by a letter from his CO at Mudros telling him the ‘ Your baby has just been given a new suit of clothes and is learning to walk . |
| 26 | From this viewpoint , football violence has been given a new meaning since the early 1960s . |
| 27 | Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV . |
| 28 | The South as an image lives on , and has been given a new elixir with the appointment of Julius Nyerere as the head of the South Commission . |
| 29 | Capita Group , the management services company best known for collecting poll tax and operating TV licence detector vans but which makes most of its money operating computers for local authorities , has been given a new lease of life by John Major 's re-election . |
| 30 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |