Example sentences of "[pers pn] has be [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 Since talking to me , she has been given a council house about fifteen miles from her family home , so at last she and Sean can get on with their lives together .
2 He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme .
3 I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened .
4 She has been taking a small holiday .
5 It 's been five years since Zoë Fairbairns last published a novel , during that time she has been writing a huge and compelling family saga , Daddy 's Girls .
6 It gives her a role as a pseudo-ambassador to the region and she has been granted a special travel visa allowing access to the area without the normal restrictions on foreigners .
7 She has been appointed a ‘ Goodwill Ambassador ’ by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees after her work to help children caught up in the conflict in Bosnia .
8 She has moved from Arrow , and is just the sort of author who can benefit from a change of publisher , for she has been slipping a little recently .
9 She is the Santa Maria del Sud and had recently been brought down under tow from the Argentine naval base near Buenos Aires where she has been undergoing a complete refit .
10 She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’
11 Following the burglary , she has been offered a place in a warden controlled block in Milton Keynes .
12 She has been doing a voice-over for a commercial for a magazine today , which will keep her mind off her problems . ’
13 A receptionist assures a potential guest that she has been allocated a room with a bathroom/w.c. and a balcony , when the room in fact allocated has none of these facilities ; s.14(1) also applies to this situation .
14 From the moment he left your home on his quest he has been leaving a trail for you to follow ; not of pebbles , not of bread or coloured beads ; a trail of memory , of image like blood , like a scent ; something that you have always known even though so often it seemed to you that you did not recognize it . ’
15 He has been watching a number of wingers in the last three months in a bid to add some firepower to his team , who have scored only 31 goals in 31 League games this season .
16 Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV .
17 Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence .
18 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 .
19 But now he has been given a new lease of life after securing a sports bursary at Stirling University .
20 In his letter of resignation to the party leader , Mr Rezsoe Nyers , with whom he has been waging a long-running feud , Mr Nemeth stated he had no option but to resign .
21 Especially as he has been getting a rough deal from some sections of the crowd .
22 ‘ No , but now you come to mention it , he has been coughing a bit . ’
23 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 .
24 But Reid , who is also considering giving brilliant youngster Gary Flitcroft his full debut , stressed : ‘ There is no problem with Steve even though he was substituted on Saturday — to be fair to him he has been fighting a toe injury . ’
25 The House will be grateful to the right hon. Gentleman , because he has been making a clear statement and drawing a clear distinction between the two sides of the House .
26 This week in Georgia he has been keeping a low profile , wrapped up in his own game plan , which is how he best enjoys life , it seems .
27 He has been having a good rest , and by the time the middle of next month comes round when the big money tournaments start , he wo n't be knackered like some of the others .
28 Now we can reveal he has been offered a new deal worth an EXTRA 2,000 a week .
29 He has been offered a player/coach position at Exeter City and that 's obviously interesting him but I will be getting in touch with him before I go on holiday to see what he 's doing .
30 He has been offered a full-time contract for July and has accepted . ’
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