Example sentences of "'ve been [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 4 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 5 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 6 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 7 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been offered a temporary job at a private clinic . |
| 10 | But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’ |
| 11 | You see , I 've been offered a great deal of money for information which might discredit Alan Dysart : anything scandalous from his past or present . |