Example sentences of "i have [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 2 | Only to wish that I 'd been born a boy . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd been given a pair of lime green webbed gloves as a wedding present by Roger , my surfing guru in Newquay . |
| 4 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 5 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 6 | I 'd been given a date for the baby to arrive but that came and went , but then I woke up in the early hours of the following Friday . |
| 7 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd been widowed a year when we met . |
| 9 | I 'd been told a lot of stories |
| 10 | I 'd finished my foundation year earlier that summer and , although I 'd been offered a fulltime place — and grant — to do my Fine Art degree in painting , I blew it out . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd been offered a couple of things in the league , and I could have gone to Kuwait or South Africa . |
| 12 | I suppose I had been given a sense of the evil of cinema by my strict Methodist grandparents , who were visibly shocked when once I confessed that I had been to see a film on Sunday . |
| 13 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 14 | I had been given a week 's leave and so I hurried to Hastings as I felt sure that would be my last leave for some time . |
| 15 | I had been given a week in Sydney before sailing for New Zealand . |
| 16 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 17 | I had been given a very short time to assimilate the books of poetry and to write the review : a time-limit that would have been almost impossible for me to meet today , so much more sluggish has my mind become ; but I felt that if Eliot thought I could do the job , it was doubtless within my capacity . |
| 18 | I had been granted a State Studentship enabling me to undertake postgraduate study for an M.A. ( The London University M.A. was then a research degree . ) |
| 19 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 20 | I had been promised a gripping afternoon 's shoot in the Locarno Gents ( where the original play was entirely set ) . |
| 21 | Early on a Sunday morning I walked up Plateros and then through the narrow streets to where I had been told a bus , colectivo — some form of transport — would leave . |
| 22 | In this particular case , of course , I had been set a slightly extraordinary task , but I had nevertheless not been neglectful to incorporate ‘ margins ’ wherever possible . |
| 23 | Well I I 've been sent a local |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been sent a very favourable letter from the council and there now looks to be no problems on that score , ’ added Deakin . |
| 25 | I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 27 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |