Example sentences of "i 've been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been practising golf for two weeks in Florida and now I ca n't hit the ball properly . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Erm , but I mean , I 've been true Co-op through and through erm |
| 5 | I 've been busy gardening . |
| 6 | I 've been difficult material to work with , have n't I ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've not been that well myself , ’ she said , ‘ I 've been worried sick about ye . ’ |
| 8 | I 've been worried sick about you . |
| 9 | " I 've been back hours . " |
| 10 | 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 . |