Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This awareness of risks and subsequent action to lessen them has been labelled risk compensation ( e.g. O'Neill , 1977 ) . |
| 2 | ( She knows I hate being called Mammy . ) |
| 3 | I had been in trouble before , but then I 'd been given probation and community work . |
| 4 | I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ? |
| 5 | ‘ Nor do I like being called Jam , or Jelly , or even Peanut Butter . ’ |
| 6 | But de it 's been done deliberately that other contracts extend to end of June because , we knew that by round about mid May we would know what our financial situation was , in that what I understand are termed out-turn figures for the , our pre the previous financial year , will have been erm audited as a result of the end of the financial year . |
| 7 | And what I think is called catering . |
| 8 | Because of the distance of my journey I had been given permission to come during the morning , and there were no other visitors . |
| 9 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 10 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 11 | Ever since I had been taken prisoner I had found the presence of German helmets fascinating . |
| 12 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 13 | ‘ I loathe being called Mademoiselle . ’ |
| 14 | The only other twentieth-century example I have found is also from an Irish-born writer : ( 198 ) I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 15 | I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 16 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 17 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 19 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been offered work in the States but unfortunately nothing I actually wanted to do , ’ the 34-year-old said . |
| 21 | I 've been I 've been advised chair that I 've made the same mistake as you did so . |
| 22 | Reacting to his sentence on June 12 , he said : " I have been denied justice . |
| 23 | Dept. , Convocation and alumni to learn that I have been elected Vice-President of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education . |
| 24 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
| 25 | Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals . |
| 26 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I have been sent chocolate from my mother . |
| 28 | On the other hand , there is a general warm acceptance of the monarchy , which has been revealed time and time again by public opinion polls ( e.g. National Opinion Poll , 1986 ; Gallup , 1976 ; see surveys of polls in Harris , 1966 ; Norton , 1984 ; Ziegler , 1978 ) . |
| 29 | Is he aware that even when people are examined , are found to have cataracts and wait a long time for the operation , some of them — such as a 91-year-old constituent of mine — are told that Royal Oldham hospital , which has been granted trust status , does not have the money to provide the necessary medicines and has money to help only the elderly ? |
| 30 | Another slightly different angle on these issues is to consider the distinction between instrumentality and expressiveness which has been made use of by sociologists , and is usefully applied to a discussion of kin relations by Morgan ( 1975 , pp. 78–85 ) . |