Example sentences of "'ve [been] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been asked to dinner by one of the neighbours . ’ |
| 2 | They 've bought up two hundred thousand tonnes of the crop … and they 've been asked to fork out for another two hundred fifty thousand tonnes . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Our two white heavies are too big for the straight-back chairs they 've been tied to . |
| 5 | I 've been tied to older people , my father … riveted to him . |
| 6 | " I 've been invited to a dance . " |
| 7 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 8 | Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights . |
| 9 | She said , ‘ I 'm sure you 've been invited to the wedding next week . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been invited to a party next weekend . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been sentenced to death . |
| 13 | The only county-wide survey , the one of importance to you ma'am is contained within the North Yorkshire Conservation Strategy of which I think you 've been referred to already . |
| 14 | For white middleclass males , however , pride and dignity has little resonance , when all your life you 've been trained to be aspirational and competitive . |
| 15 | And then , secondly t to just sort of mention the erm perhaps the more traditional ways of of working with people once they 've been sent to you by the courts . |
| 16 | Therefore , if you 've been exposed to the possibility of infection and have puzzling symptoms , see your doctor at once . |
| 17 | It 's meant a build up of toxic gasses below ground , and health warnings to cavers who 've been exposed to the chemicals . |
| 18 | We 're particularly proud of him in South Cambridgeshire , as we 're also proud that so many of our environmental health officers like Alan Hobson do sterling work for us , and we are looking to them in the in the future with this semi-autonomy that they 've been given to really take on board the opportunities which have been given to them under the 1990 Act to really go to town on environmental health . |
| 19 | Just came in to say I 've been summoned to the presence . |
| 20 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
| 21 | but I 've been reinstated to twenty three pounds |
| 22 | That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’ |
| 24 | Prisoners at Gloucester apparently became bored translating school textbooks — now they 've been switched to teenage adventure stories — to the delight of the pupils . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've smiled before , because I 've been forced to , and now we 've had three hit singles I 'll smile when I fuckin' want to . ’ |
| 26 | Somehow we 've been transported to another world . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And we 've been recommended to you by one of your staff , I believe . |
| 28 | Well the , I mean the thing is that erm over the past erm we 've been recommended to people |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been introduced to every one of Estelle 's six grandchildren and I 'd so love for her to see Thomas . ’ |
| 30 | All I 've been introduced to that bloke as Sally 's friend ! |