Example sentences of "'ve [been] [vb pp] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ . |
| 2 | Whether you 've been asked to open the discussion or not , you should prepare yourself for the tutorial as follows : |
| 3 | Erm for one world week on the twenty fourth of October and we 've been asked to do a stall there . |
| 4 | Unless you 've been asked to fill a longer time , aim at making your item three to four minutes in length . |
| 5 | Incidentally I 've been asked to keep the talk fairly short , to avoid nodding off . |
| 6 | For this committee , therefore Severn we 've been asked to approve a revised estimate of five point nine five five million pounds , and an estimate next year of five point four , six , seven million pounds . |
| 7 | Have you ever felt so angry about men that you 've been moved to write a song about it ? |
| 8 | I 've been made to look an awful fool … so humiliated … |
| 9 | The fifth paragraph of that has the proposed council tax bands the county council services but these have been amended by a letter you 've been sent dated the twenty- first of January , as a result of information from council regarding their tax base . |
| 10 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ My lord sheriff , reverend gentlemen , ’ said the earl , ‘ you come very aptly , if Robin has reported your errand rightly , for I confess I 've been tempted to lift the lid on whatever it is they 've brought me from Ullesthorpe . |
| 12 | ‘ It shows we 're making an impact , ’ reckons Craig , ‘ because we 've been approached to do the music for a surfing movie , using ‘ Sun Do n't Shine ’ , ‘ Commercial Rain ’ and ‘ Weakness ’ . |
| 13 | I know that something new has happened , that I 've been forced to make a connection I 've never made before . |
| 14 | I 've been forced to pay a high enough price for the goods , for heaven 's sake . |
| 15 | Dammit , I 've been parked watching the entrance since six ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I — I 've been chosen to inherit a fortune , ’ I whispered . |
| 17 | Although we must never give up hoping that Peter will recover from the terrible illness of addiction — for it is an illness — we 've been told to face the possibility that this might just never happen . |
| 18 | They 've been issued to celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan . |
| 19 | We 've been ordered to protect the identity of the boy involved , though his mother has faced the press to talk about the episode for the first time . |
| 20 | We 've been ordered to protect the identity of the boy involved , though his mother has faced the press to talk about the episode for the first time . |
| 21 | " You 've been known to bend the truth when it suits you , but I must be sure this time . " |
| 22 | I 've been known to book a court and play tennis with Caroline ( who has the habit of beating me ) . |
| 23 | I 've been known to have the odd game , yes . |