Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started .
2 when we , ma when my mum had been married twenty five years that time .
3 Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total .
4 My sparrow had been lucky that I scared the cat off when I did .
5 This is an interesting plan and I am delighted that my Department has been able to offer a grant to help it .
6 Most of the time since we arrived back in England my mind has been full of thoughts about Fiona .
7 He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered .
8 All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration .
9 I 've only done one domestic story in 3 years ; all my work has been international , political .
10 A lot of my work has been concerned with this area and as my experience has grown I have learnt to wait until the people involved tell me they want to talk .
11 My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father .
12 I often hear comments such as , ‘ Since my husband has been involved with the Alexander Technique he is a much nicer man to live with . ’
13 My dynamo has been dodgy and it finally packed up .
14 I must admit my diet has been appalling .
15 Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X-rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today .
16 My reaction had been spontaneous and visceral .
17 My night had been restless too with humid city temperature .
18 MY phone has been red hot this week with calls from Sainsbury investors .
19 My schedule has been wrong .
20 My wife 's been ill , ’ he said after a few minutes .
21 I am married , and my wife has been unfaithful . ’
22 ‘ Because my father had been absent I immediately wanted him to become my father , but of course he could n't be . ’
23 My father had been embarrassed when my mother or I had wept at the time of his leaving .
24 I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him .
25 We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ?
26 But my life 's been empty without him , without that uncompromising presence .
27 ‘ Not if I and my grandmother have been innocent of blackmail ! ’ she said , weariness washing over her .
28 I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics .
29 I think my form has been good enough .
30 My stomach 's been bad
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