Example sentences of "john [verb] [been] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sentence such as John has been taken ill has a certain syntactic structure which remains unchanged in different communicative settings . |
| 2 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 3 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 4 | In context , it will function in a certain kind of perspective , depending on the purpose of communication ; for instance , it may function as a statement of a person 's state of health ( John has been taken ill ) , as an identification of the person affected ( John has been taken ill ) , or as an affirmation that the information conveyed is really valid ( John has been taken ill ) . |
| 5 | If we take the example of John has been taken ill ( as a statement of John 's state of health ) , the foundation-laying element would be John . |
| 6 | In John has been taken ill , the rheme is take + ill . |
| 7 | She had never got used to the hours since John had been made redundant when all the ships were laid up . |
| 8 | John had been made redundant and their house was repossessed . |