Example sentences of "'ve been [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cos I 've been asked a question before
2 I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards .
3 Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion .
4 I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’
5 Yeah , well as I say , sometimes I go along while in between but I I think it 's more or less when when I 've been aggravated a bit , you know what I mean ?
6 We 've been sent a sample , and inside there 's a very posh-looking Seiko quartz guitar tuner , a nice blue T-shirt , a set of Picato ‘ All Steel ’ electric guitar strings , a good quality lead in a violent shade of green , a set of pitchpipes , a miniature enamel guitar badge , a pegwinder , a classic ‘ Cadillac bumper ’ capo , a red nylon-weave strap and a can of that excessively useful Fastfret stuff .
7 ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod .
8 They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 .
9 Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers .
10 If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced .
11 ‘ I 've been given a transfer .
12 And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that .
13 You 've been given a reprieve .
14 Yes I 'm afraid I 've come in as a a last minute substitute and I feel as if in the eighty ninth minute I 've been given a penalty to take that could win the match or
15 I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time .
16 It 's our members in these industries who 've been given a hammering since privatization and who need as much support as possible to give them the confidence to face further difficult years ahead .
17 Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that .
18 17 You 've been given an award for your services to natural history .
19 You 've been given an invitation to the most magnificent show in the world .
20 You 've been given an invitation to fall in love .
21 Erm we 've been given an allocation er in this er in these alterations of twenty five hectares .
22 ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account .
23 " I 've been given the brush
24 ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’
25 That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push .
26 Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel .
27 You 've been given the battery ?
28 As far as council support goes , we 've been granted the use of both the station centre itself , so that we can have a retail outlet for furniture , bric-a-brac , books , the kind of thing that might go to landfill , but which people might very well want to use .
29 I 've been lent a DI box , but I 'm not sure how best to hook it up .
30 The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits .
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