Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [been] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries . |
| 2 | I 've been asked by an inflight magazine , of all things , for 1,000 words on the state of publishing . |
| 3 | I 've been thinking like a crook . ’ |
| 4 | I still feel I 've been deprived of a natural birth . |
| 5 | I 've been flung into a filthy cell with a lot of other poor wretches as if I were sack of coals being emptied into a cellar . " |
| 6 | " I 've been invited to a dance . " |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been invited to a party next weekend . |
| 8 | Please recall how I 've been penned in a sanctum on a planet for most of my days . |
| 9 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been treated like a pin-cushion , but it seems to be working so far , ’ he said . |
| 11 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 12 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 13 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |
| 14 | I 've been looking for a pair of doctor martins ca n't find any . |
| 15 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been coming as a mere visitor . |
| 17 | So I 've been left with a load of tapes , batteries . |
| 18 | Car salesman Joe said : ‘ He screamed : ‘ I 've been planted with a bomb by the IRA and I 'm on my way to Downing Street ’ . |
| 19 | Probably wo n't come as a surprise to you , but er , I 've been working on a training system . |
| 20 | Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've been working on a report and I 've only just realised how late it is . |
| 22 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been working in a hotel since I left school — up until the flood that was . |
| 24 | I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life ! |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been talking to a lot of people . ’ |
| 26 | There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been practising with a ball on my own . |
| 28 | Gwen will be thinking I 've been put in a dungeon . |
| 29 | ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added . |
| 30 | ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’ |