Example sentences of "[adj] time [pers pn] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I bought her some fruit pastilles again just while we were waiting for the train , but funnily enough , the last few times we 've been at the station , Bobby |
| 2 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The reason I do n't have a band is that for the longest time I 've been disgusted with the mode that the American independent scene operates in and I do n't want to be associated with that . |
| 4 | For some time we 've been in a false position and our two games against Birmingham have confirmed this . |
| 5 | Second time I 've been able to smell that . |
| 6 | After all , you were the first on the scene , and this is the second time you 've been , well almost , in at the death . |
| 7 | This morning John Smith says he is saddened by John 's remarks , he thinks it will give some material to John Major , I 've got news for him , many times I 've been saddened when he 's said nowt to John Major when all the clangers he 's dropped . |
| 8 | Yes , I think that the crucial thing that 's emerging , especially from the area of artificial intelligence , is that we 're beginning to understand that what the name of the game is getting people to express their intentions , and for a long time we 've been , as it were , stuck in languages that do n't really help you to do that and we 're really beginning to understand now that erm what people are doing when they program indeed , I mean as it were the ace programmers , are expressing their intention for whatever 's to be done in the task the computer 's to perform clearly . |
| 9 | But to tell the truth , for a long time I 've been slightly lost as a dealer . |
| 10 | ‘ I just wanted to say that , we would of course be very sorry to lose you , you 've been a tremendous asset to the Department , even in the short time you 've been here . |
| 11 | ‘ How the hell , in the short time you 've been here , you 've earned the name Miss Frostbite beats me , ’ he deigned to answer one of her questions , albeit hostilely . |
| 12 | He 'd been full of hostility , she recalled , when he 'd said , ‘ How the hell , in the short time you 've been here , you 've earned the name Miss Frostbite beats me . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the first time we 've been banned anywhere , ’ said Barry , adding that singer Michael Stipe had been involved in the production of the video and that the rest of the band had only seen it once . |
| 14 | Do you realise that this is the first time we 've been alone — I mean , really on our own ? ’ |
| 15 | But this is the first time we 've been able to excavate scientifically . |
| 16 | This is the first time we 've been in a University . |
| 17 | ‘ Mind you , it 's the first time they 've been here , and if I 'm any judge it 'll be the last . |
| 18 | British Champion Colin McRae pushing everything to the limits … it requires rapid changes through the gear box … even when cornering … now in the Banbury factory of Prodrive engineers have spent 18 months developing a semi-automatic gear box … they 're already becoming common in Formula One … now for the first time they 've been successfully introduced in a rally car … with just a touch of a button the driver can change gear without having to take his hand off the steering wheel . |
| 19 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 20 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 21 | ‘ It is n't the first time you 've been there , so I did n't imagine that there 'd be a problem about going there tonight . ’ |
| 22 | first time you 've been able to talk to him properly . |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , although this is n't the first time I 've been here . |
| 24 | I have to say this is the first time I 've been in this position since I took over . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's the first time I 've been here . |
| 26 | Well this is the first time I 've been |
| 27 | ‘ This is the first time I 've been down here since God knows when . |
| 28 | It 's the first time I 've been to a game of footie in a Porsche , and it will probably be the last , but it was fun , and added to the enjoyment of another thoroughly enjoyable day out Leeds watching . |
| 29 | ‘ As this is the first time I 've been to Ca ’ del Leone , the answer must be no . ’ |
| 30 | In seven years driving a cab this is the first time I 've been done for anything . |