Example sentences of "[vb past] be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been lent an old relegated rod with two mottled bamboo sections and a greenheart tip , a plastic centre-pin reel and a yellowed quill float . |
| 2 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 3 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 4 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 5 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 6 | The unwary were apt to buy a ‘ pig in a poke ’ ( sack ) and find out later they 'd been sold a muted pup . |
| 7 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |
| 8 | She dreaded being called a learned lady : her mother said that ‘ she was a living library ; but locked up , except to a chosen few . ’ |
| 9 | She was to be proved right , as we had been taught a Spartan routine for our babies at ‘ Alderbourne Arches ’ the pre-natal training unit . |
| 10 | He said the soldier told him he had been struck a glancing blow by the car , but that he had not been knocked over and afterwards had been able to continue on duty . |
| 11 | The only good news to offset my ‘ disgrace ’ was that Father had proved such a success at Marconi 's that he had been appointed an assistant manager in the research department dealing with radio materials . |
| 12 | Here the buildings were disfigured almost beyond recognition ; some had fallen into the street while others leaned outwards , a hopeless thoroughfare of broken concrete , stones , weeds and pillaged furniture across which had been built a low barricade made of chairs , doors and broken tables . |
| 13 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 14 | The afternoon had been declared a local holiday , as everyone knew , and it would be a fitting finale to the year 's thoroughbred racing programme at Assiniboia Downs . |
| 15 | Controversy surrounded the release in January 1991 of four Belgian hostages in Lebanon [ see p. 37977 ] , when it emerged that Walid Khaled , the spokesperson in Lebanon of the extremist Revolutionary Council of Fatah ( RCF ) who had helped negotiate their release , had been granted a three-month tourist visa on Jan. 11 , one day before the hostages ' release and at a time of great international tension because of the Gulf crisis . |
| 16 | Since the inception of the Doi Moi campaign in 1986 , the press had been granted a limited " freedom to comment " , which it had used to highlight corruption and the failures of government . |
| 17 | He had never been stripped of his Bulgarian citizenship , and it was officially reported on June 12 that he had been granted a Bulgarian passport . |
| 18 | The year before , she and the Prince of Wales had been sent an unusual gift . |
| 19 | She had been called a despicable woman , a scarlet creature , a hussy , a jessy , and on the occasions when her father had taken drink , much worse . |
| 20 | On the brink of suicide himself when imprisoned for writing to a friend who had been called a counter-revolutionary , Liang Heng wonders , ‘ Why should two good people like my parents be forced to divorce each other ? |
| 21 | He had been married to my mother for fifteen years and had been called a bad husband , whereas she had been what is known as a good wife . |
| 22 | Where the lawn had been grew a large clump you could hardly call it a copse — of coconut palms . |
| 23 | One lad , belonging to a respected family , had been given a long sentence although he and local residents emphatically maintained that he was not at the scene of the incident for which he was convicted . |
| 24 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 27 | In Schmidt v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs the plaintiffs were Scientology students who had been given a limited leave to enter the country . |
| 28 | Harbury surmised that he had more reason than anybody : he had been severely demoted , he had been given a rough time and he was partly responsible for Martin Ayling selling to MacQuillan . |
| 29 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 30 | ‘ Modernised ’ in 1937 by architect William Ross , the charm that had survived Jacobites , Weaver 's revolts , football fracas , and the decline of Empire , had been given a chic exterior of faience and rustic brickwork . |