Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get a bit of sympathy cos I 've been asked for eight by you . |
| 2 | but I 've been reinstated to twenty three pounds |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I 've been tied to older people , my father … riveted to him . |
| 5 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 6 | This month I 've been inundated with more questions about dog foods , and feeding in general . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been hired for some zany roles in this metropolis , and a few of them leaned towards the crooked . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | All I 've been introduced to that bloke as Sally 's friend ! |
| 12 | Perhaps I 've been infected by those damned journalists . ’ |
| 13 | I 've been used to domestic chores and looking after children all my adult life . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been primed with stolen cash from a post-office raid set up to finance your old man 's own version of early day closing at the nick . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ Listen , I 've been married to three actresses and if you want a career , I will send you merrily on your way . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | " I have been connected with different unions for this last twenty years " , he declared to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1892 , " but I am sorry to state that they have been formed for the benefit of one man , for he has generally cleared out with the funds " . |
| 18 | I have always thought that we entered the ERM at a rate of exchange that was much too high , and I have been reinforced in this view by Britain 's poor showing in international trade during the past 18 months . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Speaking immediately after his election , John Young said : ‘ I am honoured and delighted to be elected Deputy Vice President and I see it as an opportunity to contribute to some of the serious issues facing the profession , and to represent a body with which I have been involved for much of my life . |
| 21 | I have been involved for many years with the channel tunnel project as a whole and its associated terminal at King 's Cross . |
| 22 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 23 | I have been sought by this remarkably beautiful creature who is offering herself to me … |
| 24 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 25 | ‘ I have been asked on many occasions if we could have more modern replacements for our 12-year-old sail designs . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | my vocation — the work , ministry , roles I am called to and the gifts I have been given for these . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I have been moved on two or three thousand times in the last few years |
| 30 | I have been intreated during these weeks , cajoled , wheedled , almost caressed , tortured , threatened , brow-beaten and all but blackmailed to step in as the saviour of society . ’ |