Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I have been connected with different unions for this last twenty years " , he declared to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1892 , " but I am sorry to state that they have been formed for the benefit of one man , for he has generally cleared out with the funds " . |
| 2 | Since writing these words I have been assured by Manx Cat specialists that the animal 's troublesome genetic defects have now been largely eliminated by careful selective breeding without losing its uniquely tailless condition . |
| 3 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 4 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 5 | Like most therapists , I have been inspired by countless different sources — from metaphysics to Buddhism , from object relations theory to Jung , from Gestalt therapy to psychosynthesis , from mysticism to shamanism . |
| 6 | To accept what I have been saying about epistemic appearances is to accept that our visual experience does somehow involve a judgement about what we are looking at , whether in our experience of works of art or in ordinary visual experience . |
| 7 | If , deep within me , I have been persuaded by early upbringing that sex is evil — or if traumatic experience evokes that feeling — sexuality can never carry its true attraction or satisfaction . |
| 8 | As to the other case that I want to say a word about , I have to confess now to beating a drum that I have been beating with varying success for a number of years . |
| 9 | For over thirty years , along with my fellow teachers , I have been going to educational conferences , and training sessions , and workshops , to hear countless leaders in education talk , as you do , about the dignity of the child , and the importance of individual differences , and of fostering positive self-concepts , and building on the interests of the child , and letting the child learn from curiosity rather than fear . |
| 10 | Upper Halling has its own team and in its early days this team played in the field opposite the Robin Hood , and I have been told of near carnivals on Sunday afternoons . |
| 11 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 12 | I have been told by Social Security would let me er excuse me talking to me . |
| 13 | I have been told by well-meaning friends that I have a touch of fever … well , so be it ! |
| 14 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 15 | Mr Kilfoyle said : ‘ I have been told by senior Home Office ministers that we have powerful friends on our side in the form of the Government 's latest round of expenditure cuts . |
| 16 | As it is , I have been forced into positive action , into vitality and life . ’ |
| 17 | My family and I have been subjected to unprovoked stone-throwing and spitting by gangs of youths who I presume are from right wing groups . |
| 18 | Since this news broke , I have been subjected to numerous snide remarks concerning my ability to spot a footballer when I see one . |
| 19 | The judge added : ‘ You have been convicted of numerous offences in the past . |
| 20 | Up popped a short replay of the flight , and a message saying : ‘ You have been killed in close combat with the enemy . |
| 21 | A possible scenario for self-publishers is this : You have been meeting with other writers for some time . |
| 22 | Brian , you have been troubled by bad health . |
| 23 | If you have been working at extreme depth and then call a halt do n't block the holes up . |
| 24 | Measurements and floor plan alone wo n't convey the atmosphere , but if a personal viewing is not possible make sure you have been supplied with written details before you begin working out your item . |
| 25 | and , and they may very well my Lord , say well we have been watching with great interest what your Lordship has been doing |
| 26 | Apart from the Bolton Wanderers game , we have been hit by late goals . |
| 27 | We have been ripped off rotten with their metric and decimal . |
| 28 | In the last two chapters we have been looking at deserted and surviving villages . |
| 29 | Their leader , Peter Bancroft , 36 , said : ‘ We have been struggling with British Rail 's shortage of drivers for months and have christened our regular train home the ghost train . ’ |
| 30 | We have been warned about global warming , but even more urgent is the threat to public health . |