Example sentences of "and i [vb base] [pron] [verb] been " in BNC.

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1 And I mean there has been up until fairly recently , it 's only in the last few years that relations have tended to get a bit better .
2 on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ?
3 The site is run by a chap called Sidney Passmore and I gather there 's been a lot of ill-feeling . ’
4 I 'm sure I told you there was n't another meeting when you asked me , and I gather there 's been a bit of a problem as well for other people .
5 He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here .
6 He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here .
7 Modest in the sense that he never proclaimed his talents — and they were real and varied : he was , I have heard , a very good businessman , and I know him to have been a first rate chess player and a notable painter . ’
8 It 's , it 's certainly er available nationally and I know there 's been some international interest already as well .
9 I mean , I know Gerald went first , and I know he 's been in the business a long while , but he actually managed to say it all in about three sentences .
10 I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world .
11 And what this actually came out on was this overall health and safety assessment that we 've been doing for G P erm , we 've actually just filed that overall group focused on the the branches as a potential issue and I know it 's been very su su successful on a number of times .
12 In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ .
13 And I bet he 's been down to see ducks .
14 ‘ Look , I know Geoffrey 's a friend of yours , ’ she began , ‘ and I admit he 's been very helpful , but I 'm really quite angry with him .
15 ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’
16 That 's right , and I think what has been shown if you look at the behaviour of organisations sometimes after a disaster erm those that think in that way actually create even more procedures .
17 and it 's absolutely fascinating that women were n't allowed to join the erm Architects ' Institute , the Dental Association , and so on , and there was a sort of big surge forward at the end of the last century , and I think there 's been a big surge forward in the last twenty years or so really .
18 You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides .
19 Right , I think we 've been going on long enough and I think you 've been sitting there long enough , ha
20 Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall .
21 Well , the police have been involved , and I suppose he 's been cautioned now because they 've investigated and found that thi that it was scaring the sheep and that , yes i , he was right to do what he did he quite within his rights and whatever .
22 He said : ‘ And I suppose she 's been trying to convince you it was me . ’
23 And I suppose I have been resentful , all these months .
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