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

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1 Various episodes in his life end in cliff-hangers , a la Neighbours and Dallas , and often I 've been asked whether a certain story line has advanced any further .
2 I do n't I thin I think there 's probably a lot lot less sexism just in terms of I think we 've won their respect by you know and and certainly when th they did n't want us to picket in the beginning , and then over the months really the women have done quite a lot of successful picketing when we 've been asked and and we 've staged quite big pickets quite a lot of you know the big pickets were really organized and the rallies have been organized by us and really sort of quite a lot of the input into into the strike I think has come from the women 's support group in in quite a unique way .
3 they 've been asked and , and stuff like that .
4 These are good pillows here but they 've been mapped as intrusives . ’
5 the , the way we , the way I look it see , the way we 've been cut and slashed , and I 'm not just talking about high schools and first schools or anything right we 've been destroyed , we 've been literally thumped into the deck .
6 Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure .
7 Over the past year I 've been threatened and blackmailed by a gang of youths .
8 You 've been threatened and harassed , and worrying about what was around the corner .
9 I want you to check on any murderers who 've been convicted and sent to Whitely in the last three years , got it ?
10 Thirty two thousand would-be undergraduates are checking their applications to university in case they 've been lost because of a computer fault .
11 They 've been searched and scanned , together with their gift . ’
12 THEY 'VE been framed but they wo n't be winning any prizes from Jeremy Beadle .
13 You 've been circumcised and a maggot !
14 ‘ They 've been fed so we do n't have to worry about them .
15 You 've been fed and watered just like a new baby .
16 The result is of that is not fortunate that they 've been delayed but that in fact we have as much money to spend on them next year from the capital receipts as we will have spent this year , so in a sense we , we 're not going backwards there either .
17 Sometimes people have um a whole variety of symptoms in later life and perhaps as a consequence of some sort of therapy , some sort of consciousness raising exercise , something like that erm they are not necessarily aware at the start that they 've been abused but sometimes they feel y'know a very compelling sense of memories flooding back .
18 and you may find that they 've been done and they 'll be posted to your branch so they will be there when you get back on Monday .
19 I 've been done and Bill 's been done .
20 Actually it 's easier once you 've been done cos then you have an appreciation of what 's
21 you 've been overtired and you have n't been able to get to sleep very well .
22 ‘ I 've been taught that if things are n't going your way and they never do all the time when times are tough and you 're a bit low in confidence , it 's up to you to pick yourself up off the ground .
23 ‘ I 've been taught that if things are n't going your way , and they never do all the time , when times are tough and you 're a bit low in confidence , it 's up to you to pick yourself up off the ground .
24 And adequate software must be made available to ensure G M B activists can put into practice what they 've been taught and use it to the labour movement 's advantage .
25 I 've had sickness , no I have n't had sickness , I 'm telling lies , I 've had diarrhoea and then I 've been constipated and then violent pains and terrible
26 They 've been joined and need time to separate again into two complete people ; if they 're torn apart too soon there 's a spiritual bleeding .
27 How many times have you written messages for people , who 've been engaged when you try and transfer a call to them ?
28 ‘ It 's certain sure that there are poor devils on that boat who 've been cheated and do n't yet know it .
29 I 'm a perfectly engineered Kill machine , which will carry out its orders until they 've been implemented or I 've been destroyed .
30 says explaining why he had come to earth Jesus told the Roman governor Pontius Pilate , will thus I 've been born and for this purpose I have come out of the world that I should bear witness to the truth , but what particular truth was Jesus sent to earth to make no man , first just about his heavenly father , he taught his followers to pray that his father name be hallowed or hell holy and he prayed , I have made your name manifest to the man you gave me , also he said I must declare the good news with the kingdom of God , because for this I was sent forth , so what truths did Jesus come to er , to tell ?
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