Example sentences of "'ve been [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what we 've been asked this morning . |
| 2 | Hinting at his two-year prison term on assault and weapons convictions , Brown said , ‘ With all the success I 've had , I 've been broke four times because of ignorance . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's probably sour grapes after they 've been beaten 4-2 by nine men . |
| 4 | And you can add to that the fact that a number of districts er have said that they 've been consulted five times by the County Council er on various erm population projections . |
| 5 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 6 | He interrupted her thoughts and showed he was himself still on the same track , for he observed , ‘ I 've been called many things in my time , but never a bully , or , ’ he frowned again , ‘ a megalomaniac out of a horror movie . ’ |
| 7 | Must be doing litres for about twenty years , and I 've been retired ten years . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been gone nine months . ’ |
| 9 | Aye that er You 've Been Framed that dog in the water with that man . |
| 10 | Not Beadle 's About , You 've Been Framed next week |
| 11 | ‘ I can see that you 've been made upset . |
| 12 | You may refuse to believe it 's happened to you : some people who 've been made redundant pretend everything 's the way it was and set off for work at the same time , then spend hours hanging around the streets , teashops or libraries until they can go home at the usual time . |
| 13 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |
| 14 | I 've been made redundant . |
| 15 | Perhaps they 've been made redundant . |
| 16 | Mind , not everybody 's got the money to erm pay for jobs have they , today , if they 've been made redundant they have n't got the money . |
| 17 | We 've come to Jesus Christ , he 's forgiven us our sins , we 've been made new creatures , we are saved according to Athesians two eight . |
| 18 | In addition , when I look at the plight of the millions of people who 've been made homeless recently because of flooding in other parts of the world , it does make me realize how lucky we are as a society that homelessness is still on a much smaller scale here than it is in some countries . |
| 19 | Cos you do you 've not been anywhere unless you 've been made bankrupt in this place round here . |
| 20 | One in six patients in hospital in Britain are there because they 've been made ill by doctors . |
| 21 | The S A S are already there and there are people that have been shot dead , unarmed people , civilians who 've been shot dead by the S A S. |
| 22 | Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material |
| 23 | I 've been sent some stuff by Chris who used to run Harlow group . |
| 24 | turns , there , gets the header , Notts go in front , it was brilliantly made by and had the easiest of jobs and what a comeback it is , because Notts trailed by two in twenty minutes and now they lead three two against the side second in the first division table , who 've been run ragged in the second half , by a storming Notts comeback , brilliant , header . |
| 25 | They 've been given 44 . |
| 26 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 27 | Many local authorities have had their budgets cut by reductions in central government They 've been given better education and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 28 | I I appreciate that point Mr , but as they arrived separately they 've been given different numbers er a as simply er a matter of administrative convenience . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 30 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |