Example sentences of "you [verb] [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 2 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 3 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 4 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 5 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |
| 6 | When you 've been having a few beers , and clowning around having a bit of a larf , and then you go onstage and sing earnest , sensitive songs full of emotion and heartbreak and loneliness , do you ever feel like fakes ? |
| 7 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 9 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
| 10 | He was about five-feet tall , but he had an enormous ability to make you feel that you had been given a real challenge and it seemed all-important to discharge it to his satisfaction and he was equally praising of your achievement . |
| 11 | Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ? |
| 12 | Make everyone stand in a circle and explain that you have been granted a special power which places people under your spell . |
| 13 | As a book reviewer of some 25 years experience I am not , and never will be , of the school that thinks that because you have been given a free book , you should give a good review . |
| 14 | If you have been following a normal varied British pattern of eating you have probably been consuming less dietary fibre than you need for health protection , but it is unlikely that you are deficient in minerals and vitamins . |
| 15 | Have you not read novels , been to the cinema and watched the hero and heroine embracing and realized you have been missing a great deal ? |
| 16 | To get a true feeling for the plan it should also be applied to the Principal because although you have been paying a fixed amount in each month the value of this has also decreased due to inflation . |