Example sentences of "you have be [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am very sad , ’ he wrote to me , ‘ about the disgraceful way you have been treated by the Seniors , and because of it I have informed the captain I am resigning . ’ |
| 2 | You have been gripped by the urge to write a book in which there will be a murder with a murderer not immediately apparent but whose identity will eventually be made clear because of some idiosyncrasy in his or her mental make-up . |
| 3 | They are Corin and Alleyn , two killers from the clan Chattan : they do not give a donkey 's arse whether you have been sent by the Pope himself ! ’ |
| 4 | Before you switch to a new card firm , do n't cancel the old one until you have been accepted by the new issuer . |
| 5 | Possibly you have been influenced by the examples of masochism in the book , a term I coined to define that particular perversion . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , if you think this catalogue paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of how teachers are feeling , then I can tell you with some confidence that you have been deceived by the cover-up . |
| 7 | Once you have been bitten by the flower pressing bug , you will have no difficulty at all in choosing the prime specimens from your garden for hiding away in the presses . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not in the least amazed you have been discouraged by the noisome ambience of these apartments , ’ she said , darting an evil glance towards her colleagues , ‘ but I assure you we have more appealing accommodation elsewhere in our little establishment . ’ |