Example sentences of "that you have [been] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |
| 2 | A single trivial occurrence does not entitle you to claim that you had been constructively dismissed . |
| 3 | ‘ A paragraph or two would do it , make it clear that you 've been unfairly treated . |
| 4 | So do you feel that erm I mean I know that you 've been here twenty one years , and do you think women are more important or less important in the factory than they were ? |
| 5 | During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid . |
| 6 | ‘ Meaning that you 've been heavily involved in a world known for its fondness for alcohol and drugs . ’ |
| 7 | The evolution of integrated circuit technology has been such that you 've been progressively able to put more and more transistors down on a single integrated circuit , and so a microprocessor has got more and more powerful with the passage of time . |
| 8 | Erm but there will be a new set of tutorials provided for you because I think there 's a general recognition that you 've been very badly treated indeed er as regards this erm and they 're likely to be run by me in term three , okay ? |
| 9 | Er but if they 're a sensing thinking person they will find it almost totally incomprehensible , that you 've been so lax as not to have actually worked out in detail erm you know what their job is ? |
| 10 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 11 | I 've been , oh , so aware that you 've been more than generous , with your time , your coaching , your support against Gesner . |
| 12 | That is , people tend to forget either in a motivated way , or accidentally , people will tend to minimise or trivialise the abuse to which they 've been subject in some cases because maybe saying that you 've been sexually abused as a child and that is why you 're so screwed up at the moment um that 's not necessarily a very self-benefiting thing to say . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's just that you 've been close so many times in the past and the deal has fallen through . |
| 14 | And the next time you buy something from a shop and find there 's something wrong with it do n't just jump to conclusions that you 've been deliberately cheated . |
| 15 | Where a more serious breach of contract occurs , or you are sacked , you will need to consider whether or not to claim that you have been wrongfully dismissed . |
| 16 | What better way to prove that you have been somewhere in a consumer culture , than to buy something made locally whilst you are there . |
| 17 | I typed on to the telex : ‘ Darling John , It seems unbelievable that you have been away from us for so long . |
| 18 | I urge you to take your master into your confidence , explaining that you glanced at my book by chance while cleaning his study , and that you have been greatly disturbed by it . |
| 19 | 2 Imagine that you have been provisionally asked to translate John Le Carré 's The Russia House ( 1989 ) into your target language . |
| 20 | ‘ I understand that you have been very busy in Edinburgh asking many questions , poking your nose into matters that do not concern you . |
| 21 | ‘ David tells me that you have been very ill , ’ said Mrs Wallington . |
| 22 | [ to PAMELA ] Own that you have been very saucy and beg my pardon and I will try to pity you , for you are a sweet girl if you had but held out and been honest . |
| 23 | ‘ I notice , ’ he said in good English , ‘ that you have been so bold as to ask for food at this late hour . |
| 24 | The possibility of claiming that you have been constructively dismissed has already been mentioned several times . |
| 25 | In order to claim that you have been constructively dismissed , you must show that : |
| 26 | In order to claim that you have been constructively dismissed , you must give up your job in response to the breaking of your contract . |
| 27 | If you work under protest for a limited period of time , your attempts to resolve the dispute through negotiation prior to leaving should not jeopardise your right to claim that you have been constructively dismissed . |
| 28 | Similarly , if a threat that your contract will be broken is withdrawn , you are not entitled to leave subsequently and claim that you have been constructively dismissed . |