Example sentences of "we have [adv] been [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of us know that it is in our best interests to play it — we 've never been taught the lines , but we soon catch on to what we 're supposed to say . |
| 2 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 3 | As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts . |
| 4 | ‘ This year we have already been told the reason we have had three surges higher than anticipated was because of the bath-tub effect from closing the Thames barrier , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ We are walking out because we feel we have not been given a hearing , ’ Inkatha negotiator Joe Matthews said as he left the talks . |
| 6 | It is difficult to question the Minister when we have not been given the figures . |
| 7 | ‘ I am sad we have not been afforded the same welcome given to the Beirut hostages , ’ he told a deeply moved audience at the AGM last month . |
| 8 | The problem is compounded by the fact that we have not been told the prices realised by the sale of the NBC 's subsidiary companies . |
| 9 | We have also been offered the opportunity to have a former L.M.S . |
| 10 | To be fair we have also been offered the chance of revising articles which attracted substantial justifiable criticism . |
| 11 | I am disappointed that we have still been given no sign that the means necessary to contain violence and to disrupt the command and control structure of the IRA are about to be implemented . |
| 12 | I work at a day centre for people with learning difficulties and we have recently been donated a Brother KH710 . |
| 13 | Further , we have recently been awarded the lead position in the privatisation of YPF , the Argentine state oil company , which will be one of the largest privatisations ever done in Latin America . |