Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The Park Off-Licence in Faringdon Road in Swindon has been raided several times in the past few months . |
2 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
3 | It was perhaps as well John Hounsell had been given some forewarning . |
4 | Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown . |
5 | Kitty spoke of a new lair , a vixen biting the ear of a cub , an owl on a rat , the sound of a wolf although everyone knew the last wolf in England had been killed some years before about forty miles to the south , near the Bay . |
6 | Taylor pointed out that pride and eagerness to play for England had been restored these past two games . |
7 | Webbe 's appearances for Bridgend have been limited this season and he has only five tries so far . |
8 | Belinda nodded , knowing by this time that Faye had been hospitalised several times for keto-acidosis and other diabetes-related problems brought on largely by her former wildly fluctuating blood-sugar levels . |
9 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
10 | A police Rover had been parked half-on the pavement , along with a couple of officers ' cars . |
11 | Nigel Kennedy has been promised several free pints when it reopens in November . |
12 | ( Similarly , Datir ( 1978 : 245 ) found that only five of 644 released prisoners in a sample in Maharastra had been granted this . ) |
13 | Twenty one years earlier , Franco had been denied this decoration . |
14 | He said 90 per cent of the equipment at Al Atheer had been destroyed this week , though the buildings and laboratories , some with three-foot-thick walls , were built to resist attack . |
15 | Miles had been surrounded all evening , it seemed , by droves of tinselled ladies . |
16 | Further on he writes : " Istanbul , Bursa and Edirne are recorded in the defter each as 300-akce Damascus and Aleppo have been recorded each as 500-akce . |
17 | SSDs have been given another set of community care priorities . |
18 | Britain has been denied this freedom because it has never had a truly commercial broadcasting environment . |
19 | While no deaf person in Britain has been awarded any armed services medal — for the simple reason that no deaf person is permitted to serve in the armed services — or any government sponsored civilian award , or police award , deaf people have been given awards from such bodies as the Carnegie Fund , the Royal Humane Society , and the Society for Protection of Life from Fire . |
20 | SO Lennox Lewis has been crowned this country 's first heavyweight champion for almost a century . |
21 | John Jones has been told more money will be available from the first of April and he can expect his knee operation in the next year . |
22 | The FBI has been summoned several times to tackle problems the local police could not handle . |
23 | The Haywards have been offered another holiday in America … free of charge … courtesy of Virgin , the company who organised their trip . |
24 | TREVOR FRANCIS has been promised more cash for new players despite Sheffield Wednesday 's debts of around £2 million . |
25 | Trevor Francis has been promised more cash for new players , despite Sheffield Wednesday 's £2m debt . |
26 | But Hygeberht had been demoted some time before . |
27 | Bernard had been told this was a confusing mixture reminiscent of the old drapers ' shops — and would never work as the products would attract different customers . |
28 | ‘ Kelly had been kicked all night and he thought it was going to happen again . |
29 | Since 1947 Spoonbills have been recorded each year , except in 1959 , 1960 , 1962 , 1963 , 1969 , 1973 , and 1976 , and there were records involving 82 birds . |
30 | ARBROATH has been dealt another jobs blow . |