Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been made redundant . |
| 2 | I 've been sent some stuff by Chris who used to run Harlow group . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 4 | Hinting at his two-year prison term on assault and weapons convictions , Brown said , ‘ With all the success I 've had , I 've been broke four times because of ignorance . |
| 5 | Must be doing litres for about twenty years , and I 've been retired ten years . |
| 6 | He interrupted her thoughts and showed he was himself still on the same track , for he observed , ‘ I 've been called many things in my time , but never a bully , or , ’ he frowned again , ‘ a megalomaniac out of a horror movie . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | getting increasingly frustrated on the subject of other things , pelican crossings and that I 've been concerned to hear since I 've I 've been requested this question and er it was briefly reported in the Cambridge evening news last night that they they 've had almost continuous telephone calls today complaining erm which shows the public as I thought of my own experience er are very concerned about this and would like to erm first of all bring it to the council 's attention and do regard as serious and ask the chair if there is a proper investigation will be made into the way the council handles this subject . |
| 9 | Cherry stopped him and said what you doing she said George this old man he 's said I 'm going to give this to the manager like he said because I 've been brought all these trolleys back . |
| 10 | I 've been told that before by a hypnotherapist . |
| 11 | I 've always shaved my legs but I 've been told that shaving makes the hair grow more strongly . |
| 12 | I 've been told that on Tuesday . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I 've been told all the stories about how my dad used to stand in the Steering Wheel Club with half a pint of lager just waiting to talk to people and to worm his way into Formula One . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was Charlie 's worst nightmare , he had to go through the public humiliation of denying he had a drink problem and retreated from the court saying , ‘ I 've been found guilty so there 's nothing anyone can do . |
| 16 | But I 've been offered several million for it . |
| 17 | ‘ Carrington , I must admit I never much believed in any of this malarkey , but it looks as if I 've been proved wrong . |
| 18 | I 've been fined thousands of dollars for much less than Senna did . |
| 19 | er from the other hotel , I 've been promised that anyway . |
| 20 | ‘ I can see that you 've been made upset . |
| 21 | Cos you do you 've not been anywhere unless you 've been made bankrupt in this place round here . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been gone nine months . ’ |
| 23 | Aye that er You 've Been Framed that dog in the water with that man . |
| 24 | Not Beadle 's About , You 've Been Framed next week |
| 25 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 26 | I know you 've been told different people different things . |
| 27 | Now that you 've been proved right ? ’ |
| 28 | I suppose it helps both , does n't it , really , because if you 're trying to catch the teacher out , that means you 've got to know your lesson pretty well , because otherwise if you try to catch the teacher out and yet you 've been proved wrong , you 've had it really . |
| 29 | ‘ Drawing 1-1 up there with a team of kids when you 've been spanked 5-0 four days earlier made them believe they could finish the job at home . ’ |
| 30 | the offences of failing to produce you 've been fined ten pounds for each of those three offences . |