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 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Make everyone stand in a circle and explain that you have been granted a special power which places people under your spell . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 ? |
11 | 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 . |