Example sentences of "we 've been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for too long we 've been misled into believing that manufacturing and industry had become unimportant . |
| 2 | He comes home late night , one Saturday night , having been working long hours , not having enough sleep , she nags him and Madam he loses his temper with her and Madam , I am sure that you and I in our relationships same sort of stress in a different situation where , where we 've been nagged by our partners and lost our temper and pushed them about , or whatever , and we 'd be very surprised I think to find ourselves in , in my client 's situation had that happened , because what , what happened here Madam was that erm the girlfriend suffered some minor injuries , nothing to worry about really . |
| 3 | Instead , meaning and order is imposed on our lives as our behaviour , experiences , thoughts , feelings , and so on , are transformed into statistical data and interpreted within a scientific framework to which we have no access unless we 've been trained in the technical language of psychology . |
| 4 | We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay . |
| 5 | Heather Watts , buying and merchandising controller for High Street chain Sock Shop says ‘ We 've been affected by the shift in hemlines and women are now buying sheers rather than opaques . |
| 6 | erm , the thing about it is is that I mean , one of we we 've at the minute we 've been faced with with some individuals reckoning that they have er rashes forming around the face er in a number of areas and there 's an indication that , and it 's nothing more than that , that it could actually be to do with the laser printers and people sitting near them in the light . |
| 7 | I 'm not surprised that Mr is happy to propose it because in fact it actually means that the status quo will in fact be cemented that that the situation that we 've been faced with will in fact be enshrined and supported by the council and and the Labour party have been consistently advocating that really a and they will get their way if this motion is passed . |
| 8 | We 've been inundated with calls from listeners wanting to know where you were . |
| 9 | You 're right , Dorigo is definitely one of our most consistent defenders , and it 's not as though we 've been blessed with an abundance of them in recent years ! |
| 10 | But where we have competed , accidentally in one case , deliberately in another , we 've been undercut by our rivals and we have n't got the job . |
| 11 | And this is one of many ways in which ordinary communication between people depends on our having a very powerful memory , having the ability to look out for situations that we 've been warned about , and to take action in accordance with instructions that we 've been given previously and have stored up . |
| 12 | What I can do is bring you someone now on the line who can tell us exactly why that decision was made and exactly why that money was spent in the way it was because we 've been joined by Councillor John Power . |
| 13 | Pauline : We 've been threatened by Steve Lamacq ! ! ! |
| 14 | We both wanted to win , I said , and now we 've been saved from temptation . |
| 15 | If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently . |
| 16 | We feel like we 've been thrust into , deflowered by the smirking , brutal world . |
| 17 | We 're acting like that because of the way we 've been treated in the past throughout the school . |
| 18 | And if we 've been filled with the Holy Spirit , then we should have the evidence to go with it . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've been stopped from coming into the Park because of people throwing paper and things on to the ground . ’ |
| 20 | Things like false alarm calls and so on , have been through the courts and we 've been stopped from doing that . |
| 21 | ‘ But that 's what we 've been sent for ; to fetch you back . |
| 22 | And just finally , on Friday we are in to the we 've been invited into a bags competition , you know , that 's after the bags actually means bookmakers afternoon greyhound services , and we race that every Friday as you know erm anyway we 've been invited to erm a national championship involving the other bags tracks that erm involved in this erm and so we stage our two heats on Friday . |
| 23 | And just finally , on Friday we are in to the we 've been invited into a bags competition , you know , that 's after the bags actually means bookmakers afternoon greyhound services , and we race that every Friday as you know erm anyway we 've been invited to erm a national championship involving the other bags tracks that erm involved in this erm and so we stage our two heats on Friday . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've been spoiled by being able to buy a mango whenever we fancy one , but we 've got to return to cooking turnips in November and having tomatoes in July . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been deluged with stories about the American nuclear industry over the past few years . |
| 26 | Seems we 've been beaten to the week 's top rock'n'roll scoop yet again by The Star 's ever-incisive pop columnist LINDA DUFF . |
| 27 | In essence we 've been hit by something like a double whammy over the S S As . |
| 28 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 29 | And I , we 've been complimented on a number of occasions on that procedure erm by various public bodies . |
| 30 | We 've been bugged for 10 years by a reputation for extremism and division , which we 're just getting rid of . |