Example sentences of "i have [adv] [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The future depended on decisions I could not possibly predict , but at least I had now been offered a shadow of a lifeline , and that , for the moment , would have to do . |
| 2 | And I 've already been offered a job as buyer for a group of chain stores which have each got a radio department . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 4 | I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's |
| 5 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
| 6 | ‘ I 've also been told a prolonged illness can start it and , of course , some dogs just have a weakness . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never been called a carpenter before , ’ he mused , ‘ but I suppose there 's something in the description . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've only been given a year 's contract , so the main priority will be to win all the matches , using essentially the same side that played in the World Cup . |
| 9 | I 've only been divorced a few months . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I have just been given a flower — the second in two weeks ’ , he told readers in the birthday issue column . |
| 11 | POSTSCRIPT : As I write I have just been handed a newspaper and I see that at the Court of Appeal in London on April 30th , the following transpired ‘ Trade Unions scored a notable victory in their fight to maintain collective bargaining yesterday when the Court of Appeal said employers had no right to discriminate against workers who refused to sign personal contracts ’ . |
| 12 | I have since been offered a write-up in one of the car hi-fi magazines about the work on my car and others we have worked on . |
| 13 | Where is Q P9 ? papers rustling This one I think we should give a little thought , because this is the one I think where oh yes this is going to get complicated because I have now been given a quiff and a few suggestion forms about it |
| 14 | Q I have recently been given a fish tank which is 24″ × 12″ × 18″ . |