Example sentences of "[vb base] been [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'VE BEEN BORED WITH BOXING FOR YEARS . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been bored with boxing for almost four years . |
| 3 | ‘ You 've been absent without leave . |
| 4 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 5 | He said well you 've been right since Christmas and if you say it 's not going to snow , it 's not going to snow ! |
| 6 | I 've been grateful for Jessie having my key because er I 've locked myself out one or two |
| 7 | Er I 've always er , I do n't think I e I b th whenever I 've been unhappy with work it 's been work that I 've allowed myself to do for ulterior motives , for money or whatever I m The things I 've done er even th the things that have been unsuccessful th if I 've wanted to do them , I 've been able to live with that . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one . |
| 9 | This may seem like a hard thing to do , but if you 've been involved with occult powers you really do need the help of an older Christian , so pluck up all your courage and … |
| 10 | ‘ Obviously you 're not — this time — but I still think you 've been involved with Garry in the past . |
| 11 | I , I , I 'm say erm we 've , we 've been in we 've been in we 've been involved with individuals , |
| 12 | is that we 've been involved in health strategy for the past over five years . |
| 13 | I 've been involved in community projects and I can say I enjoy going into schools , but at the end of the day there will always need to be the regulated type of policing of crime and violence . |
| 14 | I 've been involved in interview with . |
| 15 | They 're there for one reason and one reason only I know , cos I 've been involved in fox hunting , I 've shot and fished but I 'll tell you something , was also trained to hunt humans , going back many years ago , when I was in the Falkland Islands training for the event that happened eventually . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been involved in football for 24 years and we have been talking about this problem for all that time . |
| 17 | But Wednesday are also under orders to smarten up their act and Worthington admitted : ‘ Although we are playing well enough , we 've been sloppy at times and have not stuck our chances away . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been frightened of cows ever since , ’ said Mrs Monro , and I thought — her memories do n't even have the moth . |
| 19 | Lady Amory 's reaction to this was a mixture of sadness and the old excitement : ‘ We 're very fortunate in that in the near part of the wood garden we 've been able to grass over and you would n't realise the number of big trees that have come down . |
| 20 | I never went to the extremes with heroin , but I was addicted to valium for seven years erm and I 've been clean from valium for four months erm through a drug programme in Brenda House |
| 21 | That 's , I tell you what that 's the one person that , sitting here thinking now , I ca n't think of any time where I 've been angry with Andrew |
| 22 | I 've been worried to death over you ’ , I says , ‘ wondering where you was ’ . |
| 23 | I 've been worried to death . |
| 24 | I 've been worried to death ! |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been worried for years about their tendency to see Britain as a soft market in which to make a killing . ’ |
| 26 | Of course , I 've been worried about Ian , and the way you and he — ’ |
| 27 | You 've been edgy for months . ’ |
| 28 | if you 've been short of hormone , you 'll get a big boost straight away and , and you 'll get the benefits . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been interested in Walter Machin right from the start . ’ |
| 30 | I 've not watched any videos or television all day because I 've been hard at work . |