Example sentences of "i [vb base] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( She knows I hate being called Mammy . ) |
| 2 | But de it 's been done deliberately that other contracts extend to end of June because , we knew that by round about mid May we would know what our financial situation was , in that what I understand are termed out-turn figures for the , our pre the previous financial year , will have been erm audited as a result of the end of the financial year . |
| 3 | And what I think is called catering . |
| 4 | ‘ I loathe being called Mademoiselle . ’ |
| 5 | The only other twentieth-century example I have found is also from an Irish-born writer : ( 198 ) I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 6 | I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 7 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 10 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been offered work in the States but unfortunately nothing I actually wanted to do , ’ the 34-year-old said . |
| 12 | I 've been I 've been advised chair that I 've made the same mistake as you did so . |
| 13 | Reacting to his sentence on June 12 , he said : " I have been denied justice . |
| 14 | Dept. , Convocation and alumni to learn that I have been elected Vice-President of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education . |
| 15 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
| 16 | Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals . |
| 17 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have been sent chocolate from my mother . |