Example sentences of "[noun] i have [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the story of a lifetime , the story I had been born for . |
| 2 | In my own case I had been taught by Okely to avoid the split between subjectivism and an objective reality , but I had no preparation to contend with the changes which the field experience created in me . |
| 3 | On an individual level I have been supported and validated by many lesbians of Afro-Caribbean and Indian sub-continent descent . |
| 4 | I wondered what she was doing , whether she was the eyeful I 'd been told , and whether she 'd appreciate a neighbourly call at two a.m . |
| 5 | I entered into the spirit of the occasion by volunteering as one of about twenty stage guinea pigs , but within minutes I had been weeded out and sent back to my seat . |
| 6 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 7 | the times I 've been done down in my life it 's been mainly by the white people ! |
| 8 | This morning John Smith says he is saddened by John 's remarks , he thinks it will give some material to John Major , I 've got news for him , many times I 've been saddened when he 's said nowt to John Major when all the clangers he 's dropped . |
| 9 | Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces . |
| 10 | I must say , something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits ; the simple kindness I had been thanked for , and the simple kindness I had been offered in return , caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days . |
| 11 | I must say , something about this small encounter had put me in very good spirits ; the simple kindness I had been thanked for , and the simple kindness I had been offered in return , caused me somehow to feel exceedingly uplifted about the whole enterprise facing me over these coming days . |
| 12 | Mat. 's door , in my own mind I had been slung out for encouraging unseemly behaviour from a male patient and was miserably working on the choice of my next career . |
| 13 | I 'm Andrew Panting , the Information Officer for the University , and for this first programme I 've been joined by Ted Nakhle and Lawrence Suss . |
| 14 | I have been keeping tropical fish for some twenty years , but for the last two months I have been cursed with a problem which I can not solve . |
| 15 | It happened , however , that while I was at the College I had been approached by the Bristol University Board of Extra-Mural Studies , where a post was for the moment vacant organizing adult education work chiefly in Wiltshire . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The previous term I had been placed third — now my position was sixth . |
| 18 | This particular Saturday I 'd been allowed — for the first time — to stay at home alone . |
| 19 | In fact in recent visits to schools I have been struck increasingly , not only by the ‘ over-age ’ children but by the considerable number of very young ones , conveniently parked in classrooms so that mothers could take employment , trade or visit . |
| 20 | I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in . |
| 21 | K. I 've been held up at Paddington , John . |
| 22 | Following the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I have been asked to write to your about the hedges on your property on Trough Road opposite Wyresdale Crescent and also on Gubberford Lane between the river bridge and the first bend . |
| 23 | Following the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I have been asked to draw your attention to the following : |
| 24 | I explained how it was that as a child I had been told I was an eidetiker but that it had meant nothing to me . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , for the moment I 've been cut off . |
| 26 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 27 | ‘ But it is not affecting me to have to do the job I have been given . |
| 28 | Even from the outside I had been overwhelmed by the size of the place . |
| 29 | United Airlines and American Airlines I 've been told are n't really all that good to fly with , mate of ours went up to the airport to pick his parents up , they just got back from a holiday in and er they flew and a , on a seven hour journey , where ever it was they come from , they did n't have any food , no food , nothing , what they done is they , they , they 'd taken a container off , but they had n't put a new one on . |
| 30 | I take off my jumper and stand in my tank top , sipping a whiskey I have been bought . |