Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been sexually abused and all of a sudden the poison that had been there for years started boiling to the surface . |
| 2 | I had been both committed and non-committal . |
| 3 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 4 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 5 | When Miss Temple received a letter from Dr Lloyd , agreeing that what I had said was true , she told the whole school that I had been wrongly accused and was not a liar . |
| 6 | The reason for installing QRAM is that I 've been repeatedly informed that one should always free up as much Conventional memory as possible . |
| 7 | Yes , it 's been available for months now — but I 've been reliably informed that the 3.5-inch drive is going to be re -launched , hopefully with a sizeable catalogue of software titles to accompany it . |
| 8 | I 've been thoroughly examined and the cardiologist has advised me to have coronary angioplasty . |
| 9 | ‘ I have been shamefully beguiled and deceived . |
| 10 | A further point is that I have been strongly advised that we should take out cover against the need to indemnify owners against not being able to occupy their units due to events such as fire , flood or damage by previous occupants . |
| 11 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 12 | I have been badly deceived and robbed . |
| 13 | Right from the beginning of that terrible saga , I have been absolutely determined that the United Nations and any other body that it may be necessary to involve in order to get to the bottom of this and to resolve matters for the people of East Timor — they have gone on since 1975 — should have our support . |
| 14 | I do n't know why I tell you this , but that I have been exceedingly moved and pleased by Jane Eyre . |
| 15 | She has been hopelessly sentimentalized and hopelessly magicalized by tradition , with the result that Christian feminism has come to be uncomfortable with her . |
| 16 | Katherine Colgrave 's lawyers claim she only discovered in 1984 that she may have escaped disability if she 'd been correctly diagnosed and treated soon after birth . |
| 17 | She 'd been sexually assaulted and strangled and her body forced into a suitcase measuring 2 ft 10 by 2 ft 6 . |
| 18 | She had been physically hurt when she was dragged from the villa and she had been held captive ever since . |
| 19 | She had been brutally assaulted and strangled , her body mutilated and her throat slashed from ear to ear . |
| 20 | When the proceedings were adjourned for lunch , Julia collected the notes she had been conscientiously making and pushed them into her briefcase , before looking for David to see whether he wanted to have lunch with her . |
| 21 | Yesterday she had been absolutely determined that she did . |
| 22 | ‘ You do a bit , ’ said Betty with a note of true concern , and quite taking the wind out of Lydia 's sails , who wondered whether it was true that she had been seriously wounded and was repressing her hurt to the detriment of her psyche . |
| 23 | He said you had been harder hit than anyone . ’ |
| 24 | ( 5 ) While you are in receipt of Industrial Disablement Benefit you may also be entitled to : ( a ) Constant Attendance Allowance if you have been severely handicapped and are in need of constant care and attention and you are in receipt of 100 per cent Disablement Benefit Assessment ; ( b ) Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance if you qualify for both 100 per cent Disablement Benefit Assessment and Constant Attendance Allowance and your exceptionally severe condition is likely to be permanent . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think she 's been either strengthened or weakened , ’ one Cabinet minister declared . |
| 26 | We 'd been heavily blitzed and this gave us the opportunity to think big and boldly and to think philosophically . |
| 27 | The rat experiments that we have been considering suggest that the interference theory is more accurate . |
| 28 | I do n't believe we have been wrongly informed but that 's the logic of the charge which has been made . |
| 29 | The child we have is well nourished and cared for . |
| 30 | They 'd been considerably bucked when I got a place at Merton , you see . |