Example sentences of "'ve be [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Cos I 've been asked a question before
2 I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards .
3 I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’
4 Yeah , well as I say , sometimes I go along while in between but I I think it 's more or less when when I 've been aggravated a bit , you know what I mean ?
5 We 've been sent a sample , and inside there 's a very posh-looking Seiko quartz guitar tuner , a nice blue T-shirt , a set of Picato ‘ All Steel ’ electric guitar strings , a good quality lead in a violent shade of green , a set of pitchpipes , a miniature enamel guitar badge , a pegwinder , a classic ‘ Cadillac bumper ’ capo , a red nylon-weave strap and a can of that excessively useful Fastfret stuff .
6 ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod .
7 They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 .
8 Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers .
9 If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced .
10 ‘ I 've been given a transfer .
11 And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that .
12 You 've been given a reprieve .
13 Yes I 'm afraid I 've come in as a a last minute substitute and I feel as if in the eighty ninth minute I 've been given a penalty to take that could win the match or
14 I 've been given a lot of support from fans , especially letters written to me nearer the time .
15 It 's our members in these industries who 've been given a hammering since privatization and who need as much support as possible to give them the confidence to face further difficult years ahead .
16 Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that .
17 17 You 've been given an award for your services to natural history .
18 You 've been given an invitation to the most magnificent show in the world .
19 You 've been given an invitation to fall in love .
20 Erm we 've been given an allocation er in this er in these alterations of twenty five hectares .
21 ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account .
22 " I 've been given the brush
23 ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’
24 That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push .
25 Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel .
26 You 've been given the battery ?
27 As far as council support goes , we 've been granted the use of both the station centre itself , so that we can have a retail outlet for furniture , bric-a-brac , books , the kind of thing that might go to landfill , but which people might very well want to use .
28 I 've been lent a DI box , but I 'm not sure how best to hook it up .
29 The argument that if you 've been born a tortoise , it is difficult to become a hare because some official insists , is flawed , though the imposing of fines must be done in a responsible manner and not by self-appointed officials with heavy-handed habits .
30 Thankfully we 've been spared the agony of SRV 's favourite .013 to .058 strings ; the reissue comes with a much more manageable .010 to .046 set , and it 's been set up with an action considerably lower than the man 's own and at the 12th fret .
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