Example sentences of "have been [verb] some [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This counter-argument has been given some recognition by the courts , in that the ‘ reasonable relationship rule ’ is no longer a rule of law . |
| 2 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 3 | Glass had been earning some money by transcribing Ravi Shankar 's score for the film , Chappacqua . |
| 4 | I 've been sent some stuff by Chris who used to run Harlow group . |
| 5 | I HAVE been left some money by my grandmother and have decided to buy myself a car with it . |