Example sentences of "he [vb -s] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HE has been called spiv , ticket tout , sport 's shadiest wheeler-dealer and sometimes a lot worse . |
| 2 | Recently he has been appointed Chairman of Lasalle in Aberdeen , and serves on the Advisory Board of the Strathclyde Business School . |
| 3 | Also a receiver is only appointed over the assets of a company and does not control the shares in that company unless he has been appointed receiver over the assets of its holding company . |
| 4 | Jose Urbina Lara , leader of the group , who stormed the embassy on 8 March , stayed behind at the airport but was expected to leave later for the Dominican Republic , where he has been granted asylum . |
| 5 | He has been named Generalissimo , seen as a further step towards the succession of his son and heir , Kim Jong Il . |
| 6 | Well , he was more interested than he has been given credit for , and he had a wonderful collection of eighteenth-century English books which he gave to Trinity College , Cambridge . |
| 7 | He has been given time to develop and in a recent interview on TV the trainer was even talking in terms of a possible Grand National victory . |
| 8 | He has been given commerce and tourism . |
| 9 | ALAN McCloskey , from the Rook 's Nest , Armoy , has strung together some wonderful performances this year and as a fitting reward he has been re-elected secretary of the Ballymoney pool league . |
| 10 | He has been refused bail and repeatedly protests about being held in the grim 13th Century jail . |
| 11 | Former BAe executive Richard Hooke says he has been told Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine is also looking at the deal , along with Welsh Secretary John Redwood and Employment Secretary David Hunt to see if it is in the best interests of the shareholders and taxpayers . |
| 12 | At the moment we just give it to Rojas — he 's the fourth assistant and a local and he 's been appointed postman . |
| 13 | ‘ Dad is n't going to have to go away any more — he 's been made vice-president — gon na sit in an office all day right here in Tollemarche . ’ |
| 14 | He 's been granted bail , provided he lives at a secret address . |
| 15 | He 's been sent north to Northumbria to join his uncle Siward . ’ |
| 16 | A man who has been living on the verge of success for so long now he 's been elected mayor , PIERCE TURNER is nonetheless happy , And with one of the year 's best albums , ‘ Now Is Heaven ’ , under his belt , why should n't he be ? |
| 17 | This time he 's been promised action in the European Parliament . |