Example sentences of "'ve [been] [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’
2 ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’
3 Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance .
4 When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it .
5 Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’
6 Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association .
7 I always know if I 've been given the wrong change
8 If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number
9 ‘ I 've been offered a temporary job at a private clinic .
10 But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’
11 You see , I 've been offered a great deal of money for information which might discredit Alan Dysart : anything scandalous from his past or present .
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