Example sentences of "i [verb] been [vb pp] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved a leg to scratch — innocently ? — his bulging crotch , and the knee just touched mine beneath the table , as if accidentally , and I felt as if I had been touched by lightning . |
| 2 | I then tried to deduce the events of the previous night and discovered some time later that I had been raped by force by XYZ who had been on the mini bus and followed me home . |
| 3 | You see , I 've been approached by Minister Chuang . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been dogged by humbug for years , ’ he told me . |
| 5 | ‘ I have been savaged by love , ’ she would declaim , when she 'd had a few . |
| 6 | And , yes , I know , to become gods you have to lose God and I have been touched by evil . |
| 7 | what I would like and I 'm sure it happens with the previous C P O er and I have been notified by telephone and I keep saying to them let me know , but I would like probably a memo from each C P O to say that there is a meeting on this particular night . |
| 8 | I have been told by computer shops that Amstrad have stopped making this model . |
| 9 | The guard was heard to say : ‘ I have been told by management that I have to remove you from the studio . ’ |
| 10 | Throughout my life I have been oppressed by society 's expectations , so the man in my life is not to blame for my constant questioning of what life can offer me , and women like me . |