Example sentences of "you have been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Since when you have been living with Mr and Mrs Fanshawe ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And when you and your royal half-brother have been sucked dry of every drop of accursed wolfseed by the Frost Giantess ; when you have been deprived of every drop that might bear fruit in some unknown womb and create another wolfcreatury , I shall give you both to the Soul Eaters . |
| 3 | It is sensible to have typhoid , polio and cholera vaccinations for Africa ( unless you have been immunised within the past 10 years ) . |
| 4 | Judge Kenneth Richardson told him : ‘ You have been convicted of a shocking murder and it is only by sheer luck that it was not two . ’ |
| 5 | The judge added : ‘ You have been convicted of numerous offences in the past . |
| 6 | Mr Justice Ognall told him after the verdict at the end of the three-week trial : ‘ You have been convicted on the most clear and compelling evidence of the murder of your wife . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Justice Ognall told him after the verdict at the end of the three-week trial : ‘ You have been convicted on the most clear and compelling evidence of the murder of your wife . |
| 8 | You have been struck by some particular type of person and have found a plausible set of circumstances in which a person of that type would commit a murder . |
| 9 | You have been treated with a severe mercy . |
| 10 | ‘ I am very sad , ’ he wrote to me , ‘ about the disgraceful way you have been treated by the Seniors , and because of it I have informed the captain I am resigning . ’ |
| 11 | If the only or main reason for your being sacked was an ‘ economic , technical or organisational ’ one , entailing changes in the work-force — the vague Euro-jargon of the 1981 Regulations is a reminder that they were inspired by an EC Directive — your claim will not succeed if you have been treated in a reasonable manner . |
| 12 | Up popped a short replay of the flight , and a message saying : ‘ You have been killed in close combat with the enemy . |
| 13 | Sometimes , turning a corner from some leisurely alley , you feel you have been thrust into the coruscating life of a country fair . |
| 14 | For example , if you have been employed for four years and earn a basic salary of £40,000 , one hardly need emphasise the difference between the value of your rights if you are eligible just for the statutory minimum of four weeks ' notice and the scale of your claim if you are on , say , a three-year rolling contract . |
| 15 | You are entitled to a written statement of the reasons for your dismissal if you have been employed for two years or more . |
| 16 | You have been gripped by the urge to write a book in which there will be a murder with a murderer not immediately apparent but whose identity will eventually be made clear because of some idiosyncrasy in his or her mental make-up . |
| 17 | ‘ So you have been thinking about them . |
| 18 | And it should happen that it 's God 's will that you have been sent to us for protection and education . |
| 19 | They are Corin and Alleyn , two killers from the clan Chattan : they do not give a donkey 's arse whether you have been sent by the Pope himself ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You have been selected for this commission because of your exceptional technical skills , and your great artistic ability . |
| 21 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to advise that you have been selected for interview . |
| 22 | Further to your recent interview for the above post , I am pleased to advise that you have been selected for short-list interview . |
| 23 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for interview . |
| 24 | As well as asking why you have been selected as a redundancy candidate and , if appropriate , arguing that a fair procedure would result in the selection of one of your colleagues instead , you may find it fruitful to explore the other ways in which the company can achieve the desired savings without putting your job at risk . |
| 25 | This will still be true even if you have been trained as an anthropologist . |
| 26 | Here you will carry out all of the tasks you have been trained for including general ship 's duties . |
| 27 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 28 | If you have been hunting for the perfect diet for a very long time it will be difficult to stop , actually to believe that good weight control can be established without resorting to one special diet that you go on ( and then , and this is the snag , come off again ) . |
| 29 | He said ‘ In future you 'll wear pyamas and Kamiz to school , and I have heard that you do n't cover your head , though you have been asked to . |
| 30 | If you have been asked to , observe the contents of pan and report if there is anything unusual , such as blood or a change of colour . |