Example sentences of "'ve been [vb pp] a [noun sg] " 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 | I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 . |
| 8 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 9 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 11 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 12 | You 've been given a reprieve . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 17 You 've been given an award for your services to natural history . |
| 18 | You 've been given an invitation to the most magnificent show in the world . |
| 19 | You 've been given an invitation to fall in love . |
| 20 | Erm we 've been given an allocation er in this er in these alterations of twenty five hectares . |
| 21 | I 've been lent a DI box , but I 'm not sure how best to hook it up . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I I do n't wish to , to quibble but is actually a cost minus basis industry is not being paid its full costs for this programme , they 've been paid a percentage less than the cost they actually incur . |
| 24 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been left a house in France , end of subject , except that it is my intention — ’ |
| 26 | you know , if they want the first day , then there gon na have to do another lot so what 's the point of sort of yourself out with fucking , I was n't really sure at the time that I wanted to go to so , you know , I , I said no I needed this job , but probably a bad I 've been offered a couple of month one 's as well , one month and two month 's , but I mean the trouble is |
| 27 | ‘ Who wants to work when you 've been offered a holiday ? ’ she asked . |
| 28 | I 've been offered a lot of commissions but I have n't done any for two years . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been offered a sum that would buy my house twice over to pose for topless pictures like that and I 've turned every offer down flat . ’ |
| 30 | I 've been offered a job in general practice . |