Example sentences of "[pron] 've [been] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been one side of the camera for long enough , ’ he smiles . |
| 2 | yes , and I , I do n't know whether I 've been that way , I honestly do n't know right then , so you 're all systems go , that 's the main thing |
| 3 | She now bent forward towards him and said under her breath , ‘ I 've been married five years , Charles , and I 've been five times pregnant . |
| 4 | He has no complaint : ‘ I 've been five years and I think it 's only fair that someone else should have a chance . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been practising golf for two weeks in Florida and now I ca n't hit the ball properly . |
| 6 | I 've been many things in my life , but I 'm not a liar . ’ |
| 7 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 8 | I 've been chief executive and/or chairman for twenty-five years and the tendency is to think you 're indispensable and you have to stay on until you 're seventy-five , as some people do . |
| 9 | I 've been thirty years in the business and this is the one place I have been where there are not petty jealousies or anything like that . |
| 10 | Steven thinks that just be I only just got in he said , I 'm having my tea and he said there 's no way I 'm gon na do nothing like that at this time of night when I 've been fourteen hours at work So then he stormed off back home again so he said well you 'll have to move it cos it 's obstructing the dual carriageway someone might come round that corner fast and hit it . |
| 11 | And erm that 's quite special for me , it 's erm my homeland , where I 've come from , but I 've been twelve years in this vicinity around here , so there is erm if you like , a divided loyalty with the four kids . |
| 12 | Erm , but I mean , I 've been true Co-op through and through erm |
| 13 | I 've been busy gardening . |
| 14 | I 've been difficult material to work with , have n't I ? ’ |
| 15 | Within the last ten years , I 've been ten years activ actively concerned with the old aged pensioners ' association and er the Labour movement . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've not been that well myself , ’ she said , ‘ I 've been worried sick about ye . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been worried sick about you . |
| 18 | 'Cos I 've been this morning and I 've cleared fireplace out , washed |
| 19 | " I 've been back hours . " |
| 20 | So — ’ he pointed to the case , saying , ‘ I 've been next door and bought another dozen . ’ |
| 21 | During the twelve years that I 've been head teacher at this school I have waited for promised improvements at the crossroads , and in particular the Lane junction . |
| 22 | I 've been enough trouble . ’ |
| 23 | He sits by the door and I read in my chair , and we 're like two people who 've been married years . |
| 24 | You 've been good girls and worked hard for us , and I wish you luck . ’ |
| 25 | But , you 've been good value for money . |
| 26 | You 've been right patient , ’ Aunt Sarah said . |
| 27 | ‘ Modigliani ’ , someone said , ‘ you 've been three years fiddling about with one type of head and you 'll be another three on the new design . ’ |
| 28 | No , you 've been naughty turn it off mum |
| 29 | We 've done it , we 've been four years , you know |
| 30 | The salad bowls are great to look at , and great to use — they are such a good size compared with the silly little one we 've been crushing lettuce and tomato into for far too long . |