Example sentences of "[subord] you have [adv] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't forget that you 've got an allowance each , and it 's not likely to affect many people , except where you 've perhaps been left something that you want to dispose of or a property that you want to dispose of , in which case there could be a capital gains liability . |
| 2 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 3 | The state assumes that they are not doing so and gives increases on all of the additional pension as if you had never been contracted out . |
| 4 | If you 've already been wearing glasses you must still be given a prescription , even if your sight has n't changed . |
| 5 | These are the people to whom , for example , you write if you 've just been appointed liquidator of a company and want to get its VAT payments sorted out . |
| 6 | Then a friend asks if you 've just been chewing a clove of garlic . |
| 7 | Self-confidence can be at a low ebb if you 've just been told to p … off by an embittered pedestrian . |
| 8 | And although we often hear about different jobs being of different sorts of status , they 're on a ladder of status , its for unemployed people the situation is very often as if you 've actually been kicked off this ladder and this is what people say when they describe being unemployed as being on the scrap heap and so on , it 's as if you 've been expelled from this particular world where erm people respect you for having a job and know that you 're contributing . |
| 9 | If you have just been told that your child has HIV , and if this was unexpected news , the shock will be overwhelming at first . |
| 10 | Anyone with a history of injuries ( or if you have already been skiing and suffered one ) will benefit from a session on their Cybex analysis machine ( £30 ) which sagely tests joint and muscular strength at different resistances . |
| 11 | If you have already been offered a job and have agreed on a job description with your future service manager , then you may like to analyse it in the same way . |
| 12 | Driver Number : You will only have a Driver Number if you have already been issued with a New Style ( 10 Year type ) licence . |
| 13 | Please check your envelope to see if your address/postal code is correct or if you have recently been allocated a new telephone coding PLEASE send relevant information to at the Office as soon as possible . |
| 14 | C chewed it , which hurt ; D digested it , and that was disgusting , as you would know if you have ever been digested . |
| 15 | If you have ever been cornered at a party by someone who insists on standing far too close for comfort while they lurch through their life history , you will know that around each of us there is a space which we like to call our own . |
| 16 | ‘ If you have ever been tortured you are tortured forever , you dwell in flames . |
| 17 | BECAUSE YOU 'VE NEVER BEEN INVITED . |
| 18 | ‘ Since you 've already been invited , I can hardly say no ! ’ |
| 19 | Since you 've obviously been left stranded , you 're free to join me , if you wish . ’ |
| 20 | It 's usually a trouble-free procedure , but occasionally there 's a problem over whether you 've really been living apart . |
| 21 | Well I 'll I 'll erm Well if you 've got the insurance the be the best thing to do is for me to tell them when you 've actually been done . |
| 22 | The simple way there as you 've probably been told by your tax officer here is just to reclaim it at the end of the tax year . |