Example sentences of "we have [been] [vb pp] the [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 | We have been denied the exhilarating late ‘ minuet ’ tempos of Haydn and Mozart … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running . |