Example sentences of "we have [adv] been [vb pp] the " 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 ‘ 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 .
3 It is difficult to question the Minister when we have not been given the figures .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 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 .
6 We have also been offered the opportunity to have a former L.M.S .
7 To be fair we have also been offered the chance of revising articles which attracted substantial justifiable criticism .
8 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 .
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