Example sentences of "have [adv] been the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've thrown in lots of youngsters but really the players ’ budget has basically been the same for five years , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I have sat on the opposite bank of a river to where a match was being fished and seen barbel breaking line time after time , and the reaction has always been the same : the tying on of a hook of the same size to the same line that barbel had already treated with the contempt it deserved . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , this place has always been the same . |
| 4 | Hillary was catapulted to stardom and his life has never been the same since . |
| 5 | People say he has never been the same since . |
| 6 | It was useless to start calling her irresponsible brother a few names — he 'd always been the same , and she 'd known that , love him though she did , when they had moved to London . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've always been the same , Lili , ’ said Robert . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | The overwhelming reason had always been the same one . |
| 10 | It had always been the same , ever since she was a little girl . |
| 11 | I 've never been the same since he told me how he hated fey women . |
| 12 | Yeah , I 've never been the same since I was there you know |
| 13 | Todger had never been the same since they got to Hambury . |
| 14 | When he let her off it had happened that simply and her world had never been the same again . |
| 15 | We 've had another chi You see it 's always been the same kind of chiller . |
| 16 | No cos we was my friend Pat said to me oh she said , cos everyone have always come up to my house Christmas night , I 've always had the mess and that , she said oh she said , cos we 've got a house now come down to me , I said oh great , I can clean up and every Boxing morning it 's always been the same hangover , fucking |
| 17 | You have always been the same , never do what you were … ’ |
| 18 | And our Emily 's never been the same from that day to this … |
| 19 | Nothing to do whether it was you from , from Saturday he 's never been the same , will you pick up your pen before they go on the floor , what else have you got lurking on the bottom of your bed ? |
| 20 | My feet have never been the same since , he said . |
| 21 | Spurs have never been the same in cup competition since Port Vale knocked them out of the FA Cup . |
| 22 | Rovers have never been the same since they knocked Newcastle and Wimbledon out of the Centenary Trophy . |
| 23 | Installed an Apple Mac sampler at every desk and things have never been the same since . |
| 24 | Things have never been the same at the Chandlers ' since . |
| 25 | Since I met you things have never been the same , I realise now . |