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

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1 We 've been thrashed mercilessly recently by Iron Maiden .
2 After they 've been killed ?
3 Carlie and Harvey feel bitter and resentful about the way they 've been treated .
4 ‘ You 've been treated very badly , my dear Mrs Morey , but I hope you will remember that you have a true friend here in Chertsey , should you ever need one .
5 ‘ I 've been treated like a pin-cushion , but it seems to be working so far , ’ he said .
6 what if you 've been treated unfairly ?
7 Because here I 've been treated kindly .
8 We 're acting like that because of the way we 've been treated in the past throughout the school .
9 They will also completely cover up imperfections , have good sound and heat insulation properties and , if they 've been treated with protective spray , will last for years and years — long after paint has become chipped and discoloured , and paper faded .
10 You 're soft on those who 've been treated badly by life — and if you 're not very careful it might well be you . ’
11 But erm , that 's the idea , you see , that these kids , er well , you know , they may be delinquent , and do lots of nasty things , but it 's only the way they 've been treated by society .
12 In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over .
13 he feels they 've been treated in a shabby way .
14 We want your power : we do n't like you : we 've been ripped off
15 He says that the council 's actions have made almost six hundred people redundant — they 've been ripped off .
16 You 've been ripped off then Rich .
17 I still feel I 've been deprived of a natural birth .
18 So what I intend to do from this week is that very thing , try and fill in as it were and er make up for what was n't covered in the classes because I must admit that this year I 've been struck by the high st high standard of the class presentations .
19 We never had had them , and we 've been criticized recently by the Inspector , because of that .
20 Er , certainly in the last well , all the time I 've been involved in developing these schemes , twenty seven twenty eight years now , we 've had a gradual increase over the years of involvement in the public , with the public and we 've been criticized where we have n't done so .
21 And , faith , since we married I 've been pressed into service as one more brother to him , a father , too , since his own father died when the boy was barely thirteen .
22 They 've not said a word on the rest of the industry and in fact wo n't say it and they 've been pressed very very hard on what the future entails for the rest of the coal field .
23 They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days .
24 ‘ I admit I 've been spoilt .
25 Yeah , but your saying been in , erm they may have happened to you , I 've been bashed into time and time again
26 And if we 've been filled with the Holy Spirit , then we should have the evidence to go with it .
27 I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’
28 Not necessarily for us yet , but we 've been asked by Special Branch to take it on board .
29 I 've been asked to coordinate initiatives — ’
30 Whenever I 've been asked to take a sponsored parachute jump I 've declined , giving the excuse ‘ fear of flying ’ .
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