Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And backs away , with what I believe is called a shiteating grin . |
| 2 | Even those they later reject are found a loving home with a member of the Force . |
| 3 | I head south after what I think 's called a hearty breakfast and an even heartier cough . |
| 4 | Even those that survive are given a severe check and often produce poor growth . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
| 6 | Well I I 've been sent a local |
| 7 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 8 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 9 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 10 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 13 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 14 | But then , perhaps all chicks get to look like that , when they 've been raped a few thousand times . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been offered a temporary job at a private clinic . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | To test this hypothesis , six methanogenic subjects have been fed a low sulphate diet for 34 days supplemented with sodium sulphate from day 11 to 20 . |
| 20 | The three Masses and the Gradualia have been championed a great deal in recent years , sometimes meshed with one another in the ‘ liturgical reconstruction ’ manner , although there are reasons for believing that Byrd did not have that in mind . |
| 21 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 22 | Most of the bigger hotels in Kos have been built a little way out of the old town and the Bohem is about 15 minutes from the far side of Heaven ( the disco ) ! |
| 23 | Not only am I forced to share bed and board with a woman for whom I feel nothing but disgust , but for my pains I have been branded a disreputable opportunist by all and sundry . |
| 24 | The walls have been painted a deep coral pink with mouldings picked out in white . |
| 25 | The front door opens directly into a large living-come-dining room where the walls have been painted a natural oatmeal colour and the carpet is a plain beige . |
| 26 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
| 27 | The gymnasium , swimming pool and even classrooms have been given a new lease of life as part of a timeshare development — such facilities having been a positive attraction to buyers . |
| 28 | St Petersburg 's palaces have been given a new chance . |
| 29 | I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions . |
| 30 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |