Example sentences of "we have been [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I stared into the mist until my eyes hurt , ahead , off both quarters , in case we 'd been carried the other way , even astern .
2 If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures .
3 She was to be proved right , as we had been taught a Spartan routine for our babies at ‘ Alderbourne Arches ’ the pre-natal training unit .
4 We have been denied the exhilarating late ‘ minuet ’ tempos of Haydn and Mozart …
5 a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’
6 This second stage is carried out in public speech to which we have been given the decoding key , and from our privileged perspective the success of the hypocrite has unfortunate consequences for the dupe .
7 We reluctantly cancelled our holiday and we have been offered a full refund .
8 Answer guide : The point being illustrated here is that although we have been told the finite life of the machine and we are aware of the reasons for the loss in utility we still have to make estimates of when the machine will cease to be useful .
9 We have been allocated a flat and I hope we can live a normal life in spite of the past .
10 In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running .
11 We have been shown a large number of the judges ' orders which are reproduced in Dugdale 's Origines Juridiciales , 3rd ed. ( 1680 ) , ch. 70–72 .
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