Example sentences of "i have been [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 2 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |
| 3 | I had been enthralled by true stories of savage tribes , frontier raids and lion hunts . |
| 4 | Now I 've been told by other people who 've er erm gone down this route that I 'm proposing to follow with L E As that erm there are two ways round it . |
| 5 | I 've been told by numerous friends of his that he does n't want anything to do with Ricky at all , that he 's said . |
| 6 | It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child . |
| 7 | Since writing these words I have been assured by Manx Cat specialists that the animal 's troublesome genetic defects have now been largely eliminated by careful selective breeding without losing its uniquely tailless condition . |
| 8 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 9 | Like most therapists , I have been inspired by countless different sources — from metaphysics to Buddhism , from object relations theory to Jung , from Gestalt therapy to psychosynthesis , from mysticism to shamanism . |
| 10 | If , deep within me , I have been persuaded by early upbringing that sex is evil — or if traumatic experience evokes that feeling — sexuality can never carry its true attraction or satisfaction . |
| 11 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 12 | I have been told by Social Security would let me er excuse me talking to me . |
| 13 | I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it ! |
| 14 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 15 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |