Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been asked loads of questions . |
| 2 | The only other twentieth-century example I have found is also from an Irish-born writer : ( 198 ) I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 3 | I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 4 | I asked her what made people do things like that , and she told me that 99 per cent of men who 've been abused turn into abusers . |
| 5 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But South Africa are a much better team than they 've been given credit for , and they are getting better with every match . |
| 7 | I 've been stopped loads of times and had my bag searched |
| 8 | They never think about it ? but when the day of the lord comes , you shall be like because you 've been born gain in his |
| 9 | TWICE in 24 hours we 've been shown letters from Ossie Ardiles , written in the week of his barbaric departure . |
| 10 | But it was partly due to Ruddock that Southampton start the season out of pocket — they 've been fined £20,000 by the Football Association as punishment for their appalling disciplinary record last season . |
| 11 | Having granted permission to go ashore , I 've been promised trout for supper , although he 's never caught anything worth eating yet . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been offered work in the States but unfortunately nothing I actually wanted to do , ’ the 34-year-old said . |
| 13 | After a lengthy campaign they 've been offered compensation for drop in value of their homes . |
| 14 | America 's top two golfers — they have won $2.5m between them on the US circuit this season — have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they want to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup , when Love , Couples and Tom Kite lost to England in the semi-finals . |
| 15 | America 's top two golfers have been elected favourites for the 32-nation event , and they are determined to avenge their recent defeat in the Dunhill Cup at St Andrews . |
| 16 | Dept. , Convocation and alumni to learn that I have been elected Vice-President of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education . |
| 17 | Birds of prey have been registered nose-diving at speeds of up to 1 l 0 miles an hour . |
| 18 | The present impregnable appearance of the castle is due to a major restoration in the early years of this century , but there have been fortified buildings on this site since the days of the Viking invaders . |
| 19 | Many Bristol graduates will have been taught music by Professor Ray Warren but I wonder how many have been taught mathematics by him ? |
| 20 | They have been beaten finalists on three occasions and the setbacks now act as a spur to the present squad . |
| 21 | I have received a number of requests recently from clients who have been sent claims for payment which , while clearly including a VAT element , contain the words ‘ this is not a VAT invoice ’ . |
| 22 | Patients who 've complained about the long wait have been sent letters of apology . |
| 23 | ‘ I have been sent chocolate from my mother . |
| 24 | Mr. C. H. L. Davis and Dr. H. Sihler were appointed Directors on 16 July 1992 , and Mr. B. R. O'Neill and Mr. P. E. Yea have been appointed Directors with effect from 1 April 1993 ; each will seek election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting . |
| 25 | MEMBERS of Strutt and Parker 's land management team in Chester , Richard Williams and James Hall , have been appointed Associates of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after qualifying through professional examinations . |
| 26 | The following have been appointed members of the Library and Information Services Council for three years : Keith Crawshaw , director of Libraries and Information Services , Sheffield City Council ; Peter Cox , assistant director ( Leisure and Libraries ) , City of Westminster ; Duncan Turner , managing director , James Askew Ltd . |
| 27 | Software Development Kits have been cut 40% to $600 . |
| 28 | Software Development Kits have been cut 40% to $600 . |
| 29 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 30 | The pollution claims have been given credibility by the Colombian health ministry , which has declared a large area around the mind " uninhabitable " because of the accumulation of toxic waste . |