Example sentences of "[conj] i 've [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a perfectly engineered Kill machine , which will carry out its orders until they 've been implemented or I 've been destroyed . |
| 2 | I tried many many times , and hundreds and hundreds of ways to find him , and the man just does n't exist , or I 've been told he does n't exist . |
| 3 | I like to show people I 've got guts , although I 've been scared at times . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Never mind that I 've been tricked , deceived into coming all the way down here ! |
| 5 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |
| 6 | Now the first story that I 've been asked to tell specially comes not from this country we 'll just let our lads here get dressed because you , you knew that the story was gon na come from a very hot country did you ? |
| 7 | And I 'm aware that I 've been called too bland on occasions . |
| 8 | Er previous to that I held the licence for The Mason 's Arms at for three years previous to that and before that I 've been connected with the catering and licence trade from being fifteen . |
| 9 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 10 | A sergeant appears from what a plate beside the door indicates is the dentist 's and I go up to him and tell him my name and that I 've been told to report my movements by Detective Inspector McDunn . |
| 11 | SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT I 've been sung to by Smokey Robinson for my whole life . |
| 12 | My report to the Planning Committee is a sound professional technical planning report and I believe that on the information that I 've been supplied with I can recommend to the Planning Committee to approve the application . |
| 13 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
| 14 | But , by and large , and Wanda was an exception , all the things in life that I 've most enjoyed have been the things that I 've been paid really very little for , and most of the things that I 've been paid most for have been the least interesting . |
| 15 | I know that something new has happened , that I 've been forced to make a connection I 've never made before . |
| 16 | I went and told them , ‘ One way or another , what 's happened to me is that I 've been burgled … ’ . |
| 17 | Although I have Well I 've come through two wars and I remember the relief of Mathaking but I 'd sooner that I 've was born when I was . |
| 18 | I 'm told Madeira is an experience not to be missed , so I 've been coerced . ’ |
| 19 | Car oil , so I 've been told , is their tipple . |
| 20 | ‘ So I 've been told often and oft , ’ and he gave a sigh . |
| 21 | ‘ And compliments , so I 've been told , oil the wheels of life . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So I 've been told . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ So I 've been told . |
| 24 | ‘ I did think , ’ David began , as they moved away , ‘ there 's a nice little restaurant just opened in Tewkesbury , not far from the Abbey — cosmopolitan sort of menu , so I 've been told . |
| 25 | That 's why I asked for him rather than his partner who is , so I 've been told , both charming and susceptible . ’ |
| 26 | I 've got a sale to go to at nine , and you know how difficult it is for me to get back to sleep once I 've been woken . ’ |
| 27 | Must be doing litres for about twenty years , and I 've been retired ten years . |
| 28 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 29 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've worked for fourteen years in this business and I 've been given to understand that I should get a partnership one day . ’ |