Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job of keeping them together has been entrusted to a series of ‘ confidants ’ who write his books , churn out his articles , furnish his quotes , capture his image and sweeten the sour , and when I once asked Niki why he would n't ever do a serious — and in consequence , a truthful — book about himself , he replied , why should he ? |
| 2 | How could I not have been happy for him ? |
| 3 | All I ever had was the job . |
| 4 | But one of the happiest jobs I ever had was working in a place called Lonsdale Sports . |
| 5 | I do n't collect criticisms , but the worst one I ever had was when they completely left me out of the write-up . |
| 6 | ‘ But do you know , I think the happiest time I ever had was in the army ; though there were some funny times , real bad times . |
| 7 | The only illness I ever had was twenty-five weeks in a hospital in Rouen with dysentery . |
| 8 | The only wristwatch I ever had was passed |
| 9 | ‘ At the same time , the saddest call I ever had was from a boy who said he had marvellous parents who gave him everything . |
| 10 | The first pair of real hiking boots I ever had were Daisy Roots and I 've always been impressed by their comfort . |
| 11 | I think better of myself today as a matter of fact , I am more of a confident fighter than I ever have been . |
| 12 | I think better of myself today as a matter of fact , I 'm more of a confident fighter than I ever have been . |
| 13 | Francis was gone and I remained the woman I always had been . |
| 14 | I always had been . |
| 15 | You may not yourself be in the habit of taking this small precaution to avoid knocking at some highly inappropriate moment , but I always have been and can vouch that it is common practice amongst many professionals . |
| 16 | But you should be curious about mechanics , which I always have been . |
| 17 | ‘ I always have been , ever since we first started working together . ’ |
| 18 | I always have been . |
| 19 | ‘ I always have been . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , yes , I always have been . |
| 21 | Will I always have been the same sex ? |
| 22 | The JC Cougar I still have is a constant joy to paddle , as were the Ardèche double tou40er and the Cub junior kayak . |
| 23 | I really have been evil ! |
| 24 | ‘ I really have been trying my best — ’ |
| 25 | The cherries were most certainly stolen , but would I really have been a better person if I had left them on the plate ? |
| 26 | I 'm not and I never have been a hippy , I ca n't just ‘ hang out ’ any more . |
| 27 | But I never have been able to bring myself to watch the video . |
| 28 | And so you , you , you I had stepped up a bit in , in in rank , I 'm a but erm there was being , on the social side course being next to the Sir Robert Peel , when we went down there , it was quite handy although I 'm not a drinking man , I never have been , I 'll go and socialize and I 'll have half a pint or two halves but I 'd never I 've never been one to go out drinking . |
| 29 | I 'm not beautiful and I never have been . |
| 30 | Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) . |