Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [be] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've always been pretty open about my sexuality , ’ she says . |
| 2 | ‘ Louise is keen , like you say , but I 've always been completely honest with her . |
| 3 | I do n't know , Mr Chairman , I think you 've always been very keen on this trend and supported it fully . |
| 4 | You 've always been very close to them — in fact , it 's one of the things I envied about you . |
| 5 | I 've always been very interested in the Hundred Years ’ War . |
| 6 | The teachers treat me as an adult , but I 've always been very mature for my age . |
| 7 | I 've always been so proud of you , Paula . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've ne'er been as glad of anything as when she went , ’ Gran said , harshly . |
| 9 | I 've never been particularly good at chatting up women although I 've always liked women and sex , so the idea of cutting out all the small talk seemed both convenient and appealing to me . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never been so uncomfortable in all my life . |
| 11 | ‘ I saw it in the paper , and I 've never been so pleased about anything in all my life . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never been so tired in all my life , ’ sighs the whey-faced spinster , and Williams is wryly sympathetic to her plight : unlike Greta Garbo , who uttered that same line in Grand Hotel , she has no possibility of romantic regeneration . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never been so near to causing a dock strike , ’ says Chris , who adds : ‘ I could n't apologise quickly enough and I was forgiven . |
| 14 | And awful , and I 've never been so confused in my whole life . ’ |
| 15 | I 've never been so frightened in my life . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've never been so frightened in my life , ’ said the muscle-bound star of ITV 's action show . |
| 17 | She was leaning over talking to him and saying something sort of like I 've never been so embarrassed in my life ! |
| 18 | I 've never been so ashamed in my life . |
| 19 | I 've never been so ashamed in my life . |
| 20 | Eye witnesses say they 've never been so scared in their life . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never been more certain of anything in my entire life . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've never been more serious in my life , ’ Adam said grimly . |
| 23 | ‘ I have so , ’ Rosie assured her , ‘ and believe it or not , I 've never been as happy in my whole life . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm d I 've never been this excited over a bike before . |
| 25 | I 've never been very good at rejecting people , so I told him I was frigid . |
| 26 | The fact is , I 've never been very good at meeting people . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've never been very good at school , ’ she said in a bored voice . |
| 28 | I 've never been very good at it , but I do try . |
| 29 | No , we 've never been very close to the now . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never been very fond of roses , ’ he said dismissively . |