Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I have had success but I have also been involved in relegation fights .
2 I have also been lucky in Berlin .
3 I have already been involved with placing two Romanian children with families , ’ she told SUNDAY LIFE .
4 Too many people are able to , and do say , ‘ I have n't been involved with TOP at all ’ .
5 Mind you , erm , I have n't been conscious about him at all , even when he was on the first of all .
6 ‘ No , ’ said Lucy , ‘ I have n't been fair to you .
7 ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to .
8 ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want .
9 I sto I have n't been sick for er about a week
10 I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’
11 I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself .
12 As your co-trustee I have not been inattentive to my duty … and I in no shape deserve to be the object of the prosecution of my co-trustees .
13 I have not been kind to my back ; I had accidents when I was a boy , tree-climbing and biking , and I have spent many years skiing .
14 I have not been happy with my lateral movement and Pepe has helped me to rediscover the sweet science . ’
15 Roy Pointer : ‘ I have been asking for over ten years that there needs to be some bold plans , mission strategy , developed within the denominations and I have not been aware of any until now .
16 I HAVE long been impressed by the number of careless references in the Scriptures to the faithful blithely taking it upon themselves to raise houses to the Lord .
17 I have long been suspicious of the official line that terminal bonuses are directly attributed to investment surplus and that poor value on death or on policy premium amendment is the price for higher returns if you are lucky enough to make it to retirement .
18 I have long been interested in military technology so I was determined to attend the presentation .
19 I have long been concerned about the time lapse from the commissioning of a book to its appearance in the shops .
20 The work does help create a climate , but it 's about the most lonely thing I have ever been involved in , in my entire life .
21 The longest time I have ever been alone with her .
22 I have hitherto been guilty of no very enormous or vile actions .
23 As I said , apart from Spanish I am not a speaker of any of the other languages I have recently been involved in .
24 I have recently been involved in preliminary discussion with a private sector developer , and with British Coal , concerning two separate projects which could lead to the provision of serviced development land .
25 It seems I have always been obsessed with the way I look .
26 She hoped people would want to try for the Number Power certificate as they learn and has even joined herself : ‘ I have always been rotten at maths but this is the ideal way to do it , ’ she said .
27 I remember how , when I was a naughty boy as I usually was , there being no corporal punishment , I was led about on a bit of string by my Headmaster , and one day when I was being reprimanded I laughed in the Headmaster 's face — I have always been defiant to all who tried to control me .
28 Mr Canavan , who is fighting for re-election as MP for Falkirk West and has been a prominent member of PLCND , said : ‘ I have always been proud to be a member of CND and will continue to campaign vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament within the Labour Party .
29 I rise to support the motion moved in Mr name and I have always been opposed to fox hunting full stop .
30 I have always been nervous of dying , but not of death .
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