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Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	They also detest being called the handicapped .
2	And backs away , with what I believe is called a shiteating grin .
3	Even those they later reject are found a loving home with a member of the Force .
4	Just before we go we are going to hear a recording of a song that 's been referred to which I think is called the greatest love of all which I 'm told we 'll all know by heart er this time next year hmm erm anyway on that note if I may thank you very , very much indeed and I leave you with best wishes for a highly , highly successful birthday year .
5	I head south after what I think 's called a hearty breakfast and an even heartier cough .
6	However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible .
7	Even those that survive are given a severe check and often produce poor growth .
8	I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’
9	they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males .
10	‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’
11	Well I I 've been sent a local
12	They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future .
13	Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance .
14	I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb .
15	When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it .
16	Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’
17	And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving .
18	Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association .
19	If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures .
20	I always know if I 've been given the wrong change
21	But then , perhaps all chicks get to look like that , when they 've been raped a few thousand times .
22	If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number
23	You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high .
24	‘ I 've been offered a temporary job at a private clinic .
25	But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’
26	You see , I 've been offered a great deal of money for information which might discredit Alan Dysart : anything scandalous from his past or present .
27	Immediately contracts have been exchanged the exact redemption figure should be obtained from the mortgagee .
28	To test this hypothesis , six methanogenic subjects have been fed a low sulphate diet for 34 days supplemented with sodium sulphate from day 11 to 20 .
29	I would wish to express my very great anguish to all those women concerned if I have been taught an inadequate technique , ’ she said .
30	The three Masses and the Gradualia have been championed a great deal in recent years , sometimes meshed with one another in the ‘ liturgical reconstruction ’ manner , although there are reasons for believing that Byrd did not have that in mind .