Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] 've [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 the times I 've been done down in my life it 's been mainly by the white people !
2 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 .
3 Look at the times I 've been refused for the forces .
4 My my s young bones they 've been pulled down with carrying these er er all these pails of water .
5 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 .
6 ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’
7 For years we 've been told the Government is pledged to reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent .
8 ‘ So where are all these bleedin' Germans we 've been told so much about ? ’
9 TWICE in 24 hours we 've been shown letters from Ossie Ardiles , written in the week of his barbaric departure .
10 I have to say , that was one of the more unsettling questions I 've been asked in my life . ’
11 You might think that the second group find it easier to transition to what is , after all , only one half of the problems they 've been used to cope with aboard their twins .
12 I need to know that it 's necessary to remove all those trees I 've been told all sorts of things like they 're in pots and they 'll become pot bound they 're growing outwards they might fall down they might fracture mains they block off the er view of the church well I think they 're a nice asset in the city centre .
13 These are all suggestions I 've been given , but most of them are too vague for people to do anything with .
14 None of these tenants have access to any tools or materials , and in some cases they 've been told that they 'll have to pay for the repair work .
15 In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way .
16 ‘ We will obviously monitor everything that goes on over the next 12 months ’ , he says ‘ We can only hope that when we do our assessments of need we can support that need with the finances we 've been given .
17 Got to be a member of the supporters club and I do n't know how many tickets we 've been allocated by Oxford .
18 The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate .
19 The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate .
20 That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes .
21 Our two white heavies are too big for the straight-back chairs they 've been tied to .
22 We all know that the task we 've set the officers is to manage within the budgets they 've been given , and to have no cuts in services , and no compulsory redundancies , and thi this is their challenge and this is what they seem to be achieving , and I think we should applaud them for that .
23 The wicker ones they 've been thrown out have they ?
24 What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ?
25 Indeed , some of the samples I 've been sent have been nothing short of rubbish .
26 On the special report , section and industrial conferences you 've been recommended to accept by the C E C.
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