Example sentences of "you have been [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've been snorin' in that chair all efternoon , John Williamson , ’ his wife said , lifting the old coat off his knees . |
| 2 | You forget everything you 've been taught in a flash . |
| 3 | So let us say you 've been hit in the eye accidentally by a hockey ball . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been sent in case there 's trouble . ’ |
| 5 | Not long before the end of term now , pooh looking forward to er , going home to get some real food inside you I dare say , as opposed to the gruel you 've been getting in hall . |
| 6 | But you 've been dabbling in things that do n't concern you . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been dealing in magic , ’ Bloxham hollered . |
| 8 | So you are therefore paralysed and , hopefully , because of the anaesthetic you 've been given in the form of gas , things like er halothane , er enfluorane Come in . |
| 9 | There is magnetism in romantic gestures that make you forget you 've been standing in the same place for half the day , that there is not a child in the house washed and you never got flowers from your 's truly . |
| 10 | Thérèse said : you 've been put in here to spy on me . |
| 11 | You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage . |
| 12 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 13 | Griddles and flaming wheels seem a pretty soft option when you 've been sitting in pitch darkness with your pants full of scorpions . |
| 14 | You 've been sitting in a side road waiting to come out , and you see a vehicle coming along and it 's got its left-hand indicator on and you think Oh lovely ! |
| 15 | ‘ You 've been sitting in that damned cottage for nigh on a year and you 've become a coward . |
| 16 | Now , now you 've been working in the area of AIDS for some time now , do you think that the message is getting through ? |
| 17 | It depends first on what you 've been doing in those 29 years , whether you 're willing to get new skills if necessary , and finally , how persistent you are in your job search . |
| 18 | Oh wanted a word with you see how much money you 've been putting in my , and we 're going for a mortgage now . |
| 19 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |
| 20 | If the only or main reason for your being sacked was an ‘ economic , technical or organisational ’ one , entailing changes in the work-force — the vague Euro-jargon of the 1981 Regulations is a reminder that they were inspired by an EC Directive — your claim will not succeed if you have been treated in a reasonable manner . |
| 21 | Up popped a short replay of the flight , and a message saying : ‘ You have been killed in close combat with the enemy . |
| 22 | Walk up to the gates and you feel like you have been sandbagged in the stomach . |
| 23 | Why not get used to doing this stretch throughout the day — especially if you have been sitting in the same position for any length of time ? |
| 24 | To love when you have been betrayed in love all your life . |
| 25 | As I say , you have been caught in a little trap ! |
| 26 | I refer to your application for the above post with this Council and write to inform you that you have been included in the list of candidates who are to be invited for an interview . |
| 27 | ‘ You have been hurt in your childhood , ’ he stated quietly . |