Example sentences of "they have been [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been shot 21 times . |
| 2 | Only last april they 'd been told three hundred and fifty jobs were being axed — now comes todays announcement of more . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's probably sour grapes after they 've been beaten 4-2 by nine men . |
| 4 | They 've been given 44 . |
| 5 | And you can add to that the fact that a number of districts er have said that they 've been consulted five times by the County Council er on various erm population projections . |
| 6 | And I was hoping to cos I can quote you instances where people have trained in the health service , and they 've been told nineteen seventy four seventy five , when you complete your training , you 're not guaranteed a job in this health authority . |
| 7 | His assailants next told him that they had been given three pounds each ‘ to do you up tonight ’ by the ‘ drug squad ’ detective with whom he was already unpleasantly familiar . |
| 8 | They had been tossed four feet away . |
| 9 | The results of the pilot programme ( based on the ability of the mothers to recall what they had been taught two weeks previously ) were so promising that BRAC launched a programme to teach the method of preparing LGS to every household in the country over a period of about ten years . |
| 10 | They had been stabbed 70 times . |
| 11 | Sources said that they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks ' severance pay . |
| 12 | Sources said they have been given six weeks to finish their assignments and another four weeks severance . |
| 13 | South Yorkshire police have asked for 17 posts for the coming year ; they have been given 16 . |