Example sentences of "i 've [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Ever since I was a little boy , I 've been fascinated by acting in the cinema . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
4 | I 've been made to look an awful fool … so humiliated … |
5 | I 've been made redundant . |
6 | ‘ I 've been jocked off . |
7 | I 've been sussed out . |
8 | I 've been stood out there ages ! — Anyway , why are n't you dressed yet , you lazy beggar ? |
9 | ‘ I 've been headhunted by Hayward 's End — their village idiot 's moved to East Twittering ’ |
10 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
11 | That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes . |
12 | I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’ |
13 | ‘ My lord sheriff , reverend gentlemen , ’ said the earl , ‘ you come very aptly , if Robin has reported your errand rightly , for I confess I 've been tempted to lift the lid on whatever it is they 've brought me from Ullesthorpe . |
14 | You could , of course , reply , " Nonsense , there are no such things as magic spades " ( and I 've been tempted often enough ) ; but that would n't be very supportive , and there 's a good chance that the child who offers the spade is doing so in good faith . |
15 | ‘ I 've been sentenced to death . |
16 | I feel I 've been robbed , all along the line I feel I 've been robbed . |
17 | I feel I 've been robbed , all along the line I feel I 've been robbed . |
18 | Er , I 've been robbed and swindled , er I was burgled two months ago , my house was wrecked all my jewellery every thing taken simply because I had left my windows open slightly , now I 've got to sleep at night with all my windows closed and I do n't get a good nights sleep apart from feeling insecure any way and er the swindle er I trusted people and now I ca n't trust any body and that leaves you feeling very insecure . |
19 | So well actually I 've been robbed you got your own villas . |
20 | I always seem to get them at dawn , it 's something to do with the stuffiness of this room after I 've been locked in it for a night . |
21 | Indeed , some of the samples I 've been sent have been nothing short of rubbish . |
22 | It 's because of that interest , and those letters , that I 've been sent to do a special report . ’ |
23 | Nelson , dismissed for complaining about a tackle by Derek Mountfield , said : ‘ I 've played more than 550 games and this is the first time in my career I 've been sent off . |
24 | Well I I 've been sent a local |
25 | I 've been sent some stuff by Chris who used to run Harlow group . |
26 | I 've been sent here to find out what really happened and get him back to the States . ’ |
27 | I almost feel I 've been sent here so they can teach me a lesson about life . |
28 | ‘ I 've been sent to fetch you . ’ |
29 | Well I 've been sent from Bangor . |
30 | I 've been sent — by those even higher up than I am — to fetch you back to the office . ’ |