Example sentences of "[pron] have [be] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 2 | The fact is , over the past few months , I have been responsible for a series of small errors in the carrying out of my duties . |
| 3 | I says , I have been ready for the last week . |
| 4 | I think I have been dead for a long time now . |
| 5 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |
| 6 | It is arguable that the friction between locals and newcomers which has been a common feature of village life in recent years is only a temporary problem brought about by the dislocation of established social patterns which have been hard for the social life of the village to digest , and that once the newly arrived population has either taken over entirely or ‘ settled down ’ to a rural existence many of the initial problems will be reconciled . |
| 7 | What remains to be seen now is whether the US will shift its economic and military support to Arena , the party behind the ’ death squads ’ which have been responsible for the murder of thousands of Salvadoreans . |
| 8 | But it is likely that the professionals who have been responsible for the running of such companies at local level will have been allied to the more liberal group among the upper protestant classes , as represented by such families as the O'Neills , who have looked to the English public schools for the right sort of education . |
| 9 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 10 | You have been asleep for the past two hours . ’ |
| 11 | If you have been unemployed for a while seek retraining as a first step to a new , positive attitude . |
| 12 | For example , we have been thankful for the improvement in the quality of our air with the development of clean air zones , but we must not be complacent . |
| 13 | Their exploits have been greatly exaggerated by Burmese writers , but I do n't think British writers have adequately recognised the courage demanded to revolt , or possibly we have been jealous for the unswerving loyalty through defeat as well as victory of Karens , Kachins and Chins . |
| 14 | And they say I ca n't remember it just happened so quick that I ca n't remember , they have been unconscious for a , it may be just a split second , it 's affected the brain , they are concussed . |
| 15 | They have been responsible for the building of the Kings Reach Complex in Ramsay . |
| 16 | When asked why she allowed the computer so to dominate in this way , she replied ‘ It 's the first time they have been quiet for a whole week ! ’ , reflecting the second cause in the list above . |
| 17 | they have been excited for a bit of money and end up with nowt , sending you letters |
| 18 | Some of them have been empty for the 20 years since they were built , others have been empty for just a few years . |