Example sentences of "[pers pn] have 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I have been told by Social Security would let me er excuse me talking to me . |
| 13 | I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . |
| 17 | Mina said Gustav said she 'd been killed by Allied planes . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | FG : Would you say you 've been influenced by similar painters ? |
| 20 | There were stories that she had been eaten by wild animals , but John Ward did n't believe it . |
| 21 | Kenya 's Chief Magistrate , Joseph Mango , ruled on Oct. 27 , 1989 , at the inquest of a British tourist , Julie Ward , whose body was found in the Masai Mara game reserve in September 1988 , that she had been the victim of " foul play by persons unknown " , contrary to previous official claims that she had been killed by wild animals [ see p. 36917 ] . |
| 22 | After the depressing makeshifts to which she had been reduced by British rationing , the sensation of wonderful materials against her skin was almost as pleasing as the vendeuse 's comments about ‘ Madame 's wonderful figure ’ and striking face . |
| 23 | Perhaps if she had been seized by orthodox kidnappers , demanding millions of pounds in ransom , it would have been different . |
| 24 | All her life she had been beguiled by physical beauty in men and in women . |
| 25 | Brian , you have been troubled by bad health . |
| 26 | We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay . |
| 27 | Not necessarily for us yet , but we 've been asked by Special Branch to take it on board . |
| 28 | Now we 've been approached by Irish Railway with regard , they 've got something like thirty million pounds from the to upgrade line from Dublin to Belfast . |
| 29 | what instructions had been given to the architects as to the ground they were to cover ; how far Parliament would be bound by the decision of the Commission [ of Judges ] ; and how we were to guard ourselves against an expenditure which we had been told by high authority would amount to not much less than £5,000,000 or £6,000,000 … |
| 30 | Apart from the Bolton Wanderers game , we have been hit by late goals . |