Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 'Course I 'ave n't , you 've only been gone a minute . ’ |
| 3 | This may be an odd thing to say when you 've only been married a month , but it 's true . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll tell you why cos the B B C there 's a directive just gone out I 've just been informed the B B C for quiz show hosts on the B B C to treat their guests with a little more civility . |
| 6 | And I 've already been offered a job as buyer for a group of chain stores which have each got a radio department . |
| 7 | there was a I mean I 've also been given a couple of ways to remember it but |
| 8 | Most of us know that it is in our best interests to play it — we 've never been taught the lines , but we soon catch on to what we 're supposed to say . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never been called a carpenter before , ’ he mused , ‘ but I suppose there 's something in the description . |
| 10 | Erm you know the difficult thing for me is when I 'm working with people who 've actually been given no notice at all , and that 's happening with lots of organizations where on Friday you 're suddenly told you 've got no job , but your pension 's available . |