Example sentences of "'ve be [verb] in a " in BNC.

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1 he feels they 've been treated in a shabby way .
2 Please recall how I 've been penned in a sanctum on a planet for most of my days .
3 For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department .
4 You forget everything you 've been taught in a flash .
5 All we would like to do in the lab is make that same compound in a different way , and many of the compounds which are used are the same as those found in nature , the only difference is they 've been prepared in a test tube instead of being prepared in a plant .
6 Brighter are so deeply drippy that they make Blueboy look like the English Metallica , Brighter sound like they 've been locked in a bedroom for the past six years and are still trying to come up with that ‘ C86 ’ audition tape .
7 You 've been sitting in a side road waiting to come out , and you see a vehicle coming along and it 's got its left-hand indicator on and you think Oh lovely !
8 I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat
9 ‘ I 've been working in a hotel since I left school — up until the flood that was .
10 I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life !
11 It 'll be alright cos they 've been sealed in a plastic bag
12 I 've been to work in a bicycle shop . ’
13 Gwen will be thinking I 've been put in a dungeon .
14 You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage .
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