Example sentences of "[vb base] been [vb pp] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm , that 's the idea , you see , that these kids , er well , you know , they may be delinquent , and do lots of nasty things , but it 's only the way they 've been treated by society . |
| 2 | I 've been asked by Mr |
| 3 | Pauline : We 've been threatened by Steve Lamacq ! ! ! |
| 4 | I 've been molested by Howard . |
| 5 | Today at the fringe meeting where seventy odd people attended , I 've been inundated by people who 've come forward and said we wan na raise it , we wan na put instructions on the machines that dispense these . |
| 6 | Do you know any others erm tell you about erm you know some of the some of the times when you 've been affected by crime . |
| 7 | By and large they 've been replaced by computers now . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been pestered by reporters for days , and it really is getting on my nerves . ’ |
| 9 | Equitable treatments must be devised that recognize economic sacrifices ( whether they 've been made by men or women ) as well as economic achievements . |
| 10 | What I can do is bring you someone now on the line who can tell us exactly why that decision was made and exactly why that money was spent in the way it was because we 've been joined by Councillor John Power . |
| 11 | I 'm Andrew Panting , the Information Officer for the University , and for this first programme I 've been joined by Ted Nakhle and Lawrence Suss . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been headhunted by Hayward 's End — their village idiot 's moved to East Twittering ’ |
| 13 | Er mothers who 've lost children , people who 've been hit by joyriders , who 've suffered severe head injuries . |
| 14 | We 've spent twenty-four hours together and in that time I 've been bitten by bugs in a hooker 's bed , tied up a guy with no legs and stolen his wheelchair , stayed cooped up in a train for twelve hours with an attractive man and behaved like a virgin . |
| 15 | You see , I 've been approached by Minister Chuang . ’ |
| 16 | We 've been approached by people asking about the Kangeroo scarers . |
| 17 | They 've been designed by sculptor John Buckley . |
| 18 | They 've been sponsored by Rover dealers round the country to build the kit karts and introduce their own technical modifications . |
| 19 | The parish has already looked into the possibility of extending the existing church , but we 've been advised by Delyn that such an application would be rejected because of lack of parking facilities . |
| 20 | When you 're dealing with people who may want to buy retirement homes , er how do you describe them ? , they 've been described by Mr as the punters you see , how 'd you , what do you call them ? |
| 21 | where we 've got to with our recycling initiative , and then we can look at that grant in the light of what we 've been told by Carol . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've been told by distributors that if our films were French , they 'd have no trouble with them at all . |
| 23 | We 've been overtaken by Superman |
| 24 | ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries . |
| 25 | ONCE more we 've been overwhelmed by demo tapes from local bands so this week , Off the Record 's Steve Hack and Andrew Hartley turn up the office music system and review the latest in local sounds . |
| 26 | They 've been hyped by Kurt Cobain , who seems to be wearing their logo in almost every picture . |
| 27 | Do you get many complaints from women who 've been bothered by blokes ? |
| 28 | A group of families living beside one of the region 's busiest commuter routes are facing a five-mile detour to get home , because they 've been marooned by roadworks.They say it 's making their lives a misery , and want engineers to make them a special short cut to improve things . |
| 29 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 30 | In an affidavit given after his arrest , Dlamini alleged that Mbatha , also known as ‘ Johannes ’ , had told him : ‘ Look , I 've been bought by Winnie Mandela and I must go and shoot Dr Asvat dead . ’ |