Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [been] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 2 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |
| 3 | I had been enthralled by true stories of savage tribes , frontier raids and lion hunts . |
| 4 | In the past year I 've been invited by many of you to meet branch members and to make shop visits all over the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | Now I 've been told by other people who 've er erm gone down this route that I 'm proposing to follow with L E As that erm there are two ways round it . |
| 6 | I 've been told by numerous friends of his that he does n't want anything to do with Ricky at all , that he 's said . |
| 7 | It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child . |
| 8 | Perhaps I 've been infected by those damned journalists . ’ |
| 9 | Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted . |
| 10 | He said he lost them about a week ago and heard today that a set which might have been his had been used by that psychic woman . |
| 11 | Since writing these words I have been assured by Manx Cat specialists that the animal 's troublesome genetic defects have now been largely eliminated by careful selective breeding without losing its uniquely tailless condition . |
| 12 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 13 | I have been sought by this remarkably beautiful creature who is offering herself to me … |
| 14 | I have been asked by several Society members what it was like to take a ride on the Bishop 's Castle Railway , and the best description that I know of is the account by the late Sir Jasper More in his book , ‘ A TALE OF TWO HOUSES ’ , published by Sir Jasper in 1978 . |
| 15 | Like most therapists , I have been inspired by countless different sources — from metaphysics to Buddhism , from object relations theory to Jung , from Gestalt therapy to psychosynthesis , from mysticism to shamanism . |
| 16 | If , deep within me , I have been persuaded by early upbringing that sex is evil — or if traumatic experience evokes that feeling — sexuality can never carry its true attraction or satisfaction . |
| 17 | Erm , are now in the process of following up to see if who has made er the switch to the new regime , and I have been approached by one project leader who has two programmers who refused to change , and has asked for help . |
| 18 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 19 | I have been told by many other breeders that they have experienced a similar thing in their own kennels and so we can assume that the pecking order is not always maintained through physical strength . |
| 20 | I have been told by Social Security would let me er excuse me talking to me . |
| 21 | I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it ! |
| 22 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 23 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 24 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 25 | She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . |
| 26 | The touch of his hands on her back that afternoon … she 'd been gripped by such a war of reaction inside her . |
| 27 | Mina said Gustav said she 'd been killed by Allied planes . |
| 28 | Even now , of course , her mother would deny that she 'd been driven by physical needs — she still insisted on living the lie that hers had been a love-story doomed to disaster . |
| 29 | FG : Would you say you 've been influenced by similar painters ? |
| 30 | There were stories that she had been eaten by wild animals , but John Ward did n't believe it . |