Example sentences of "you [verb] been [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nor would you , mate , ’ Parks said defensively , ‘ if you 'd been accused of murder . |
| 2 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 3 | Anyway , I gather you 've been delving into prehistory — Marks , was n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been sent in case there 's trouble . ’ |
| 5 | Not long before the end of term now , pooh looking forward to er , going home to get some real food inside you I dare say , as opposed to the gruel you 've been getting in hall . |
| 6 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 7 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 8 | Do you know any others erm tell you about erm you know some of the some of the times when you 've been affected by crime . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've been dealing in magic , ’ Bloxham hollered . |
| 10 | You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ? |
| 11 | YOU 'VE been tuning into Lipstick on Your Collar , collecting the K-Tel classics of the Fifties and Sixties , and loved the musical Buddy . |
| 12 | ‘ I understand you 've been recommended for business training at our school here . |
| 13 | ‘ I trust you 've been rehearsing at home . ’ |
| 14 | Griddles and flaming wheels seem a pretty soft option when you 've been sitting in pitch darkness with your pants full of scorpions . |
| 15 | So you 've been demoted to post-boy ? ’ |
| 16 | The Eighty-ninth Law of Dybbukry : Never , ever let your subject know you 've been thrown off balance . |
| 17 | I understand today that you 've been celebrating with tea . |
| 18 | When we were talking just now before the programme started I think you said that you were n't sure that you 'd had a great deal of contact with the university one way or another , but surely you 've been surrounded by university people ? |
| 19 | You 've been talking about doggy-dos I 'm gon na talk to you about my dog . |
| 20 | And tell me what else you 've been doing at school ? |
| 21 | Just talk like what you 've been doing at school and things like that . |
| 22 | You would not have reached your present stage if you had been lacking in ability . |
| 23 | Imagine you had been living on bread and water for three years and then someone put a large bowl of cherries on the table in front of you . |
| 24 | ‘ I imagined you had been ordered to bed for three full days . ’ |
| 25 | Further to your recent interview for the above post , I am pleased to advise that you have been selected for short-list interview . |
| 26 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to advise that you have been selected for interview . |
| 27 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and am pleased to inform you that you have been selected for interview . |
| 28 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
| 29 | ‘ Karim , you have been cast for authenticity and not for experience . ’ |
| 30 | With only two exceptions you all did very well in your qualifying examinations and I am very proud of the school 's results , but , I am sorry , only twelve of you have been accepted for Form 1 . ’ |