Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've [adv] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune . |
| 2 | I 've always been the one with the umbrella and raincoat , forced to stay indoors in the dark . |
| 3 | Going back to my family now , I 've always been the black one of the family . |
| 4 | I 've always been the one that ends up just going without ’ ( Cohen , 1990 , p. 28 ) . |
| 5 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 6 | well Nick , Nick , I 've always been the buffer , it 's funny , I mean Bruce is , is very like you in a lot of ways , he 's very easy going , you know and , but if the kids ever wanted anything |
| 7 | But I 've never been the world 's best listener . |
| 8 | I knew there was only the one slice left , but I 've never been the sort deliberately to starve an animal to death , so in it went . |
| 9 | I 've never been the same since he told me how he hated fey women . |
| 10 | Yeah , I 've never been the same since I was there you know |
| 11 | I 've usually been , been senior secretary , I 've usually been the one in charge of the petty cash , which , sent out for proper coffee and the new kettle if the kettle blew it 's fused and the and the tea pot and the tea bags and the , I just used to write a note in the , in the cash book |
| 12 | So I 've only been the once , |
| 13 | ‘ You 've always been the same , Lili , ’ said Robert . |
| 14 | And we 've never been the poor , in a proper sense . |
| 15 | They 've hardly been the best parents in the world , have they ? |