Example sentences of "he [vb -s] been [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been called the Bellamy of fossils for his ability to inspire his listeners . |
| 2 | In essence , B's claim can be characterised as asserting that he has been denied the right to a fair criminal trial . |
| 3 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 4 | But he has been given the all-clear after an operation last week to remove a second disc from his neck . |
| 5 | He comes back two weeks later saying that he has been given the sack . |
| 6 | This entitles him to refuse to hand them over until he has been repaid the money repayable to him . |
| 7 | He 's won dozens of gold , silver and bronze medals as a distance runner … more recently he has been awarded the MBE in the New Year 's honours list … and now he will be due for at least a service medal , at the end of the Gulf War . |
| 8 | Laughton is in the hottest of hot-seats in Rugby League but at least he has been spared the indignity of the bookies taking bets on his possible successor , as has happened to Souness . |
| 9 | The clerk to the council , Mr Harry Whitehouse , received several letters from residents complaining about dogs fouling the green and nearby private gardens and he has been told the dog warden will be sent more regularly . |
| 10 | He 's been called the boy they ca n't lock up . |
| 11 | This case provides the clearest indication of how the popular press may trade in deciding the appropriate nickname for a new case when the Star decided to focus special attention on this rape of a 6-year-old ‘ He 's been called The Beast , The Monster , the evil sex maniac … . |
| 12 | He 's been appointed the zoo vet . ’ |
| 13 | What he was particularly interested in is he 's been taught the Yamaha method in fact |
| 14 | He 's been given the award for his role in ending the Cold War , freeing the Eastern Block and resolving regional conflicts . |
| 15 | I 'm a little bit surprised Stone has n't tried to get a bit closer to him although I think he 's been given the job of tracking Agnew who 's more of an attacking midfield player . |
| 16 | He 's willing to risk it , and he 's been told the risk . ’ |