Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [vb pp] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | He interrupted her thoughts and showed he was himself still on the same track , for he observed , ‘ I 've been called many things in my time , but never a bully , or , ’ he frowned again , ‘ a megalomaniac out of a horror movie . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I have been called many things by my political opponents , but I have just been given the kiss of death . ’ |
| 3 | ( I have been told many times by participants in such workshops that they have felt it necessary to conceal from their colleagues where they were going ! ) |
| 4 | They 'd been re-used many times , titles and references and hasty notes making it difficult to see any sign of what the current contents might be . |
| 5 | They had been built many hundreds of years ago by the people who lived on the moor . |
| 6 | He has been challenged many times on the weak link in his case , which is that since American firms are free to relocate to Mexico , a trade agreement is the best way to make sure that American interests are protected . |
| 7 | It has been seen many times since then , and many of the Baskervilles have died in strange and terrible ways . |
| 8 | It has been said many times that the word ‘ conviction ’ is ambiguous and it has sometimes been construed in a statutory context as referring to nothing more than a finding of guilt . |
| 9 | It has been suggested many times since . |
| 10 | At this time , too , he carefully examined and brilliantly settled the old quarrel concerning the metropolitan church of Britanny between Tours and Dol , which although it had been judged many times by his predecessors would never have been brought to a final settlement but for him . |
| 11 | ‘ Moles ’ was a phrase we very often used about the Treasury and it 's been used many times since . |