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I would consider "He got run over" and "He done been run over" as
barely literate passives except when used jocularly. 

N. Scott Catledge
Professor Emeritus (ret.)
history & languages

P.S.  I get a few entries of comment and a score of pages of garbage
on this list; I saw no legible entries on "such as."  Could someone
repeat the question (and pertinent comments)?    

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