Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] 've [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 It 's easier once you 've been done .
32 Actually it 's easier once you 've been done cos then you have an appreciation of what 's
33 You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high .
34 It 's very hard to leave a reservation once you 've been brought up there .
35 An arts student may have no arguments either way ; they 've just heard of this mystical thing called Science , but once you 've been doing Science , you realize that a statement like that just does not hold water , and so it enables faith to come far more easily .
36 Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you .
37 and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really .
38 I mean you 've had Sue , Sue for example tied up on and all those sort of issues , Bob 's been dealing with pr pension conversions and stuff like that for , for months on end , so we 've been dealing with other projects , all that 's happened is the work has been redirected onto a different type of project .
39 So we 've been robbed , ’ he said .
40 It 's absolutely massive , yes , it 's a national er campaign , so we 've been recruiting people from all kinds of ways ; direct mail , er getting in touch with people who 've done it for us before , er through magazines and so on and the whole thing has been a major logistical undertaking .
41 Denice is never late , so we 've been told , and she 's due to arrive at any moment .
42 , so we 've been doing a few need a good wash
43 Okay , so we 've been saying that , I mean clearly , I mean that , that 's good evidence to suggest that world trade in absolute terms in agricultural goods is , is increasing , but as a proportion of world trade erm , it 's er , we know , we know that , we know that it , it 's falling .
44 ‘ The court is endlessly being adjourned and I could easily come and collect you once we 've been let out . ’
45 Er , although they 've been moving around with me , but er they did very well in their studies in the end .
46 ‘ But South Africa are a much better team than they 've been given credit for , and they are getting better with every match .
47 But after a four month lay-off the people who have to open them can get rather out of practice , so they 've been sharpening their skills against each other .
48 And then , secondly t to just sort of mention the erm perhaps the more traditional ways of of working with people once they 've been sent to you by the courts .
49 I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record .
50 If boards take up moisture once they 've been fixed , they will expand and distort .
51 Erm do you have cases where the where the girls or same faces keep popping up or do you do you feel that once they 've been pulled in they it puts them off ?
52 Yes er erm my instructions are that all persons are accounted for in the premises and er once they 've been accounted for er then it was safe for other officers , i.e the C I D or Superintendent to go to that yes and they would not have been allowed in had I not received instructions that the house was secure and all persons accounted for .
53 Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves .
54 And once they 've been picked , cut the foliage back hard to a few centimetres from the crowns to stimulate new growth .
55 This is ideal for draining vegetables once they 've been taken off the hob .
56 The bridge , owned and protected by English Heritage , will eventually be rebuilt with the original stones , once they 've been recovered from the river bed .
57 Critics are demanding changes to 2 important pieces of legislation … the Children Act of 1989 and the Criminal Justice Act of 1991 , which forced the police to hand over to social services all offenders under the age of 15 once they 've been arrested and charged .
58 Books and other references sources can be extremely useful and I 've found the staff at most libraries very helpful … that is , once they 've been persuaded that they are not dealing with an imaginative miscreant !
59 I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’
60 I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’
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