Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
| 2 | I 've been invited down to Plymouth for a party at the weekend . ’ |
| 3 | the times I 've been done down in my life it 's been mainly by the white people ! |
| 4 | I 've been sent down to arrange your indictments before a French civil court on all these charges . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been hosed down with cold water while standing naked in the snow , ’ said one man . |
| 6 | Even if you 've been turned down elsewhere . |
| 7 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 8 | And I know it 's difficult to get people motivated when they 've been hit down and hit down so often , er but and I do n't think that you could do er any great erm as as we said when we went into the flats , we did n't go in with any big , world shattering ideas of of causing a revolution or you know , of doing er putting on a big project or anything , it was actually to be with the people in their situation and gradually to help improve somehow , if we could . |
| 9 | They 've been closing down since I 've known them |
| 10 | I 'm not , I 've been sitting down for half an hour . |
| 11 | I 've been knuckling down all the time . |
| 12 | And today I 've been feeling down . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been let down for tonight . |
| 14 | The upsurge in interest in how small businesses are funded , reflects growing concern that they 've been let down by the banks , and the realization that they are the most significant source of employment as the country struggles to emerge from the recession . |
| 15 | But some traders believe they 've been let down . |
| 16 | been coming down , ever since I 've been coming down here , he 's been in there |
| 17 | I mean in the periods that I 've been coming down and coming over , and it 's been a fairly regular basis , I should imagine every manager and director or university employee has put forward every conceivable way in which that particular building could be used . |
| 18 | So they 've been slimmed down . |
| 19 | My my s young bones they 've been pulled down with carrying these er er all these pails of water . |