Example sentences of "we have been [vb pp] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been struck by a lightning bolt . |
| 2 | Did I tell you that we 'd been adopted by a kitten ? |
| 3 | We 'd been told by the guardian that the bolts on the climb were ‘ good . ’ |
| 4 | Heather Watts , buying and merchandising controller for High Street chain Sock Shop says ‘ We 've been affected by the shift in hemlines and women are now buying sheers rather than opaques . |
| 5 | If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been asked by the Cancer Research Campaign to press on as fast as possible . ’ |
| 7 | At least that 's what we 've been told by the seat-cover suppliers , Courtaulds Textiles , which produces the terribly natty ‘ Renaissance ’ decor for Rover 's new Metro . |
| 8 | We had been defeated by the surreal , mock execution and chocky bickies . |
| 9 | We had been warned by a merchant on the road not to drink either the water or the muddy-coloured ales because the plague had recently been raging in the city and the streams might still be infected . |
| 10 | This kind of maladaptive feature would be hard to explain if we had been designed by an all-wise creator , but is to be expected if structures change their functions in the course of evolution . |
| 11 | But anyway , the railways there was a spurt on between in the late sixties on the railway and that 's when I think I was sure , not only because I was a branch secretary at the time but I 'm sure that all the British Railways there was a greater awareness of the fact that we had been deceived by the word nationalization . |
| 12 | For fourteen years we have been bashed by the Tories , we have been led by a pound of poof T U C and as now it 's time to stand up and be counted . |
| 13 | For fourteen years we have been bashed by the Tories , we have been led by a pound of poof T U C and as now it 's time to stand up and be counted . |
| 14 | But Birmingham secretary Alan Jones said : ‘ We have been instructed by the receiver to call an EGM with the resolution that the Kumar brothers be removed from their office as directors . ’ |
| 15 | We have been instructed by the Malawian authorities who are responsible for our fees and nobody else is . ’ |
| 16 | We have been asked by the County Council to do these works and as far as we are concerned we will comply with them . |
| 17 | WE have been asked by the owners of the Lal Qila restaurants in Bath Street , Southport and Red Lion Buildings , Liverpool Road North , Maghull , to make it clear that they have no connection with a takeaway of the same name which was the subject of court proceedings reported in Wednesday 's Echo . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend identifies precisely the problem with which we have been landed by the Government and British Rail . |
| 19 | But the fact remains that for the last 13 years we have been governed by a party rejected by nearly 60pc of voters . |
| 20 | But Mr. Dean said : ‘ Like many businesses in the leisure industry , we have been hit by the recession . |
| 21 | Did it relate in some way to the fact that millions of years ago our gill-bearing ancestors crawled out of the pond , and ever since we have been paralysed by the thought of a return to it ? |
| 22 | I remember running on the rolling lawns of Kikuyu grass before dinner , the night noises of the exceptionally vocal African insect life striking up as it quickly grew dark , night unrolling from the ground upwards ; bullfrogs — in fact all manner of rana and bufo-frogs the size of a pair of roiled-up rugby socks , toads with great horned eyebrows , and tiny , reddish , darting amphibians , starting to howl , shriek , growl , and purr , a backdrop to our dinner on the terrace to which we have been summoned by the stirring , thrilling , beating of a gong hung from a pair of tusks . |
| 23 | Again , we have been fooled by the CAA , who have left off the quarter mill what the half mill guys have n't — the wartime airfield of Chedburgh ( M ) whence 214 and 620 Squadrons flew Short Stirlings during World War Two . |
| 24 | Davenport added : ‘ There is no doubt we have been affected by the FA Cup success and a hard schedule . |
| 25 | The the words which we have been given by the product engineer , is that the Department of Transport , and that was his words , committed to this scheme . |
| 26 | ‘ We have been overwhelmed by the response . |
| 27 | In the four months that have elapsed since we asked for your help in the aftermath of the Jason Donovan libel case , we have been overwhelmed by the show of goodwill and support from friends of THE FACE around the world . |
| 28 | We have been overwhelmed by the kindness and help we have received , the generous gifts , and the people who have made extra contributions on this , our special day . |
| 29 | However , as we become more emotionally mature , we begin to see that we have been hurt by the inconsistencies of our parents . |
| 30 | In our approach to those negotiations , we have been guided by the views expressed in debates in the House . |