Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's not a lot the act can do in terms for example of prosecuting people who use deception , it may just be possible I 've been advised , but it 's extremely difficult from an evidential and other point of view to do that . |
| 2 | sorry I 've been all round the |
| 3 | I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry I 've been a bit steady getting there , but I think it 's an important issue to tackle that , quality is horses for courses and we have to accept the fact that we 're gon na get prestige type jobs and quick slick jobs , especially in the beginning of March every year . |
| 4 | " I 'm sorry I 've been so dreary lately , " she said . |
| 5 | Sorry I 've been a time . |
| 6 | Sorry I 've been to disability Scotland |
| 7 | Sorry I 've been a while , I went into mum 's to take her shopping in and Uncle Philip was there . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 9 | What that basically means , wherever that happens anywhere else in the country , you go to South Wales , you go to West Lothian , places like that I 've been up to West Lothian , all services are reduced when your main industry 's removed from an area . |
| 10 | Oh I have to agree with that I 've been watching |
| 11 | ‘ But one way and another I 've been quite enough trouble to you already . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I 'm so sorry , ’ she said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've been working too hard . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Poor Dora , I 'm afraid I 've been rather beastly to her . |
| 14 | He does n't talk to me much now because I 'm afraid I 've been the one who 's been tipping him out of the church when he 's smoking . |
| 15 | Previous to this you 've been fit and well ? |
| 16 | Erm you do n't always get it wrong you 've been doing quite well but occasionally you just if you 're |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 've been churlish . |
| 18 | ‘ I mean , all this we 've been talking about . |
| 19 | ‘ And very careful they 've been too about period detail , Dr Cameron . ’ |
| 20 | Occasionally , it just looks as though someone 's not going to turn up because for one reason or another they 've been held up . |
| 21 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 22 | this is how much tax I 've paid , this is , I mean if you go on the dole too unless you 've made a note of it there is no record of how much you 've been paid on the dole , they , they give John the what he calls a giro , takes it to the bank and cashes it and there is no , no record of and when he 's been on the dole . |
| 23 | I know , it depends how much you 've been caught for . |
| 24 | But now I think they do n't many so it 's not you know this up to sort of like thirteen they 've been taught constantly once to that age . |
| 25 | Pace that 's right you 've been cheating and looking on looking on the next page |
| 26 | Sorry you 've been troubled . |
| 27 | ‘ Sorry you 've been troubled , ’ Toby had muttered , like a long-ago switchboard operator . |
| 28 | ‘ And I 'm sorry you 've been troubled . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm sorry you 've been kept waiting so long . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 've been lumbered with running me back , ’ Ashley said crisply , as they turned on to the road . |