Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
| 2 | but I 've been reinstated to twenty three pounds |
| 3 | I 've been tied to older people , my father … riveted to him . |
| 4 | I 've been going to Glorious Goodwood for twenty years — and invariably play golf while I 'm there . |
| 5 | During the Christmas and Easter holidays for as long as I can remember , I 've been going to assorted relatives and friends , but in the long , summer months I 've always gone home . |
| 6 | he says I 've been talking to that wee feller and he was talking about the pub which got . |
| 7 | I 've been talking to some of them about it , it 's meant to be , cos I did n't know it was going on , and I saw them in the paper , says oh ! |
| 8 | All I 've been introduced to that bloke as Sally 's friend ! |
| 9 | I 've been used to domestic chores and looking after children all my adult life . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So I 've been turning to simpler guitars , guitars that limit you , but that limit you in interesting ways . |
| 11 | He said , ‘ Listen , I 've been married to three actresses and if you want a career , I will send you merrily on your way . |
| 12 | I have been talking to one or two members of s staff at a fairly low level over the last week . |
| 13 | For over thirty years , along with my fellow teachers , I have been going to educational conferences , and training sessions , and workshops , to hear countless leaders in education talk , as you do , about the dignity of the child , and the importance of individual differences , and of fostering positive self-concepts , and building on the interests of the child , and letting the child learn from curiosity rather than fear . |
| 14 | My family and I have been subjected to unprovoked stone-throwing and spitting by gangs of youths who I presume are from right wing groups . |
| 15 | Since this news broke , I have been subjected to numerous snide remarks concerning my ability to spot a footballer when I see one . |
| 16 | When you 've been used to that for sixty-two years , hot water and a flushing toilet do come as something of a culture shock . |
| 17 | If you 've been used to linear note-taking for many years , you 'll need to persevere with the Buzan method . |
| 18 | And then , immediately , I said to myself , well , you 've been saying to these men [ his captors ] ‘ When you 're in a tight corner , renounce violence ’ . |
| 19 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 20 | We have found the leaks , and we have connected all , we have reconnected all of the er supplies , including a supply to the cathedral field , which has never been billed in the past er because of erm damage to their meter , it 's only used twenty seven gallons but twenty seven litres , but whilst I 've been here , it 's a water meadow from the result of the water that we 've been supplying to that particular field . |
| 21 | Somehow we 've been transported to another world . ’ |
| 22 | And we 've been saying to Chief Executives , if you ca n't get the profit or you ca n't get the sales , well at least concentrate on trying to , trying to get the cash , get the debtors in , that kind of thing . |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been used to this since the anti-Rightist movement in 1958 , ’ observes an elderly economist of great distinction , trained in Germany in the 1930s . |
| 24 | If we have been outplayed to any degree in the last year , the opposition scores goals and wins . |
| 25 | We have been referred to those authorities . |
| 26 | We have been referred to several recent cases , of which Padfield v. Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food is the best example , in which the courts have stressed that in the ordinary way a minister should give reasons , and if he gives none the court may infer that he had no good reasons . |
| 27 | Prisoners at Gloucester apparently became bored translating school textbooks — now they 've been switched to teenage adventure stories — to the delight of the pupils . |
| 28 | Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves . |
| 29 | Personality disorder is the parental diagnosis most associated with emotional and behavioural disorders in children , particularly when they have been exposed to hostile behaviour . |
| 30 | Storage is one stumbling block , hooks quickly deteriorate once they have been exposed to saltwater spray . |