Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] been [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were what stayed alive , when I 'd been taught and examined everything else . ’ |
| 2 | I kept doing all the things I 'd been taught . |
| 3 | Since childhood , I 'd been taught to keep everything to myself — problems , opinions , feelings . |
| 4 | It was a relief to get a flight the next morning , yet I felt I 'd been dragged away from Dominica : I had not explored its dangerous magic as I ought to have done . |
| 5 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |
| 6 | At Heathrow I 'd been asked specifically not to tranquillise him in case of the possibility of side-effects which could have seriously affected his future stud career . |
| 7 | I 'd been asked how I wanted him dressed . |
| 8 | ‘ Because I learned by accident INCUBUS was trying to take over his company — and exactly the same thing had happened with another industrialist I 'd been asked to draw up a profile for . ’ |
| 9 | I wish I had a pound for every time I 'd been asked that . |
| 10 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'd been discovered . |
| 12 | The Israeli Mossad would have confirmed that I 'd been killed in Damascus . |
| 13 | After that row with my father , I felt I 'd been turned down by them all . |
| 14 | ooh , when I told her how I 'd been treated |
| 15 | I also remember proudly coming home to tell Dad I 'd been made head prefect of my grammar school . |
| 16 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 17 | I would have thought how stupid it was if I 'd been made do it . |
| 18 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 19 | Within minutes the car was free , and before I could thank the young farmer I 'd been invited back for a cup of tea and some hot broth . |
| 20 | I 'd been invited to dinner too , but declined . |
| 21 | Big Lou came out with a story that I 'd been fired — but I resigned . ’ |
| 22 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
| 23 | Rayleen did n't find anything else broken , though she seemed convinced I 'd been run over by a steamroller . |
| 24 | That was nice of Nevil , he 'd provided me with a cover story — I was supposed to look as if I 'd been mugged . |
| 25 | I 'd been excited about Brownies for so long that I 'd been warned about wishing my life away nearly a hundred times by the week of my first Pack meeting . |
| 26 | Before I 'd been salvaged by Martinho and Mrs Goreng they 'd had a Frenchman and a Philadelphian about three years previous who 'd written uncomfortable stuff about starving kids , flattened villages , and summary executions . |
| 27 | I feel that it was actually so quick — not at all what I 'd been led to expect from antenatal classes — that I could n't savour the birth or get used to the idea . |
| 28 | I was in the last category , I reckoned , which did n't stop me wishing I 'd been born into the first . |
| 29 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 30 | Only to wish that I 'd been born a boy . ’ |