Example sentences of "[vb base] been [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 We have that many er applications I mean I 've just gone through A division and I 've got er a pile of cards literally an inch thick with people a made an initial inquiry or b they 've been furnished with questionnaires and not been returned , so I 'm sending those er right through the divisions
2 ‘ I 've been inundated with letters , ’ she says , then corrects herself .
3 I 've been inundated with calls .
4 We 've been inundated with calls from listeners wanting to know where you were .
5 By and large they 've been replaced by computers now .
6 ‘ I 've been pestered by reporters for days , and it really is getting on my nerves . ’
7 Equitable treatments must be devised that recognize economic sacrifices ( whether they 've been made by men or women ) as well as economic achievements .
8 ‘ I 've been hooked on crisps for years .
9 It 's sometimes the case when you look at adult survivors of child sex abuse that erm some of these physiological responses are detached from pleasure and experienced in a very ah traumatic and very de-humanising way so that y'know kind of having orgasms is n't pleasurable sometimes for people who 've been abused as children .
10 Now erm how have we got er I 've next thing on the handout is something I 've stuck on about the way in which erm er well it 's what I 've just covered about the the way in which some sorts of therapies for people who 've been abused as children tend to embody rather heterosexist assumptions which has been stated by Jenny Kissinger for example .
11 Erm er also um I 've stuck in a note about the difficulty in interpreting the consequences of abuse erm because of the way in which um you may find , as did , looking at people who 've been abused as children er versus people who have n't .
12 ‘ We 've been deluged with stories about the American nuclear industry over the past few years .
13 That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes .
14 Er mothers who 've lost children , people who 've been hit by joyriders , who 've suffered severe head injuries .
15 We 've spent twenty-four hours together and in that time I 've been bitten by bugs in a hooker 's bed , tied up a guy with no legs and stolen his wheelchair , stayed cooped up in a train for twelve hours with an attractive man and behaved like a virgin .
16 I 've been provided with lists .
17 Five people who 've been nominated for awards are not available to receive them from her Royal Highness .
18 ‘ We 've been told by distributors that if our films were French , they 'd have no trouble with them at all .
19 I 've been programmed with memories and tactics for use in various conflicts … ’
20 But no charges have been brought and they 've been released on police bail .
21 No charges have been brought , and they 've been released on police bail .
22 Now he says he 'll continue to campaign for other former employees who 've been left without pensions .
23 ‘ And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries .
24 I like to show people I 've got guts , although I 've been scared at times . ’
25 Do you get many complaints from women who 've been bothered by blokes ?
26 For example , symptom diaries that have been completed in blocks of different coloured ink arouse a suspicion that the patient may have been completing the diary in blocks of days rather than daily .
27 Law Society approved profit and loss sheets should be issued and it should be the responsibility of the reporting accountant to ensure that these have been completed by firms ;
28 A further 40 percent of young people have been registered for jobs and training at careers offices for between two and six months .
29 My Department is writing to all those who have been registered as objectors to the applications , with details of the arrangements .
30 They have been examined by experts in many different parts of the world .
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