Example sentences of "been [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fourteen year old criminal who 's had holidays in Spain paid for by social services has been given a two-year supervision order . |
| 2 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 3 | It is important from the landlord 's point of view to ensure that the centre does not expand where the tenant has been given a fixed service charge percentage , unless provisions are inserted in the lease to countenance this . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence . |
| 6 | Clayton had visited Australia in 1988 and had been given a firm job offer by the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 7 | They are travelling to play Oulton in a friendly this Saturday to get acclimatised and each player has been given a personal training programme to get ready for three games in three days . |
| 8 | Just been given a new exercise book , textbook . |
| 9 | there 's better news for Oxfordshire 's young tennis champion Tim Henman he 's been given a wild card entry into the Challenger Trophy which starts tomorrow |
| 10 | On Oct. 5 it was reported that a former Minister of State , Ghulam Akbar Lasi , had been given a one-year prison sentence for overspending during the 1988 election campaign . |
| 11 | Reagan 's suite had been given a special phone number for the occasion , but the postmistress did n't believe in such nonsense . |
| 12 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 13 | The former secretary at Swindon Town football club has been given a suspended jail sentence for conspiring to cheat the Inland Revenue . |
| 14 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
| 15 | Airbus has been given a three year guarantee on that contract . |
| 16 | And we 've just heard that the school has been given a three month reprieve . |
| 17 | The council 's plan to replace their Saturday shift with a standby system has infuriated the men whose bosses have just been given a big pay rise . |
| 18 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
| 19 | Sadly , all too often they end up shelling out for mechanical write-offs which have been given a quick paint job and put up for sale at outrageous prices . |
| 20 | She rang down to the reception , and asked tetchily whether she had been given the correct room number . |
| 21 | Handicapped people were simply those who had not been given the right tool kit . |
| 22 | It has been given the lowest efficiency target in the country by the Government 's new Passenger 's Charter . |
| 23 | Daum claimed that his players had been given the new sports designer drug Clenbuterol simply to heal persistent muscle injuries . |
| 24 | This slimline classic had been given the distinctive dinner suit look with satin lapels and buttons . |
| 25 | After they had been given the coq au vin the waiter shovelled on to their plates , from a mysteriously divided dish , some wilted vegetables , and Richard recognised that tile moment had come to make his only point . |
| 26 | From one of olympic fame to another who works in a typing ool. hazel cooke from Gloucester has been given the British empire medal — for her efforts in one of those very few recession beating jobs — she works in the insolvency section of the department of Trade and Industry . |
| 27 | It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis . |
| 28 | Handpainted with leaves and trailing ribbons , this delightful parchment table has been given an antique crackle glaze finish , £245 ; matching balloon-back chair , £115 ; Rubena Grigg , Orchard wallpaper in Buttermilk colourway , £13.50 per roll . |
| 29 | The reception area has been given an open plan look , and located to the side of the banking are several desks which enable staff to have closer contact with their customers . |
| 30 | The walls have been painted a deep coral pink with mouldings picked out in white . |