Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [vb -s] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 2 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
| 3 | This is an interesting plan and I am delighted that my Department has been able to offer a grant to help it . |
| 4 | Most of the time since we arrived back in England my mind has been full of thoughts about Fiona . |
| 5 | All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration . |
| 6 | I 've only done one domestic story in 3 years ; all my work has been international , political . |
| 7 | A lot of my work has been concerned with this area and as my experience has grown I have learnt to wait until the people involved tell me they want to talk . |
| 8 | I often hear comments such as , ‘ Since my husband has been involved with the Alexander Technique he is a much nicer man to live with . ’ |
| 9 | My dynamo has been dodgy and it finally packed up . |
| 10 | I must admit my diet has been appalling . |
| 11 | Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X-rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today . |
| 12 | MY phone has been red hot this week with calls from Sainsbury investors . |
| 13 | ‘ My schedule has been wrong . |
| 14 | ‘ My wife 's been ill , ’ he said after a few minutes . |
| 15 | I am married , and my wife has been unfaithful . ’ |
| 16 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 17 | But my life 's been empty without him , without that uncompromising presence . |
| 18 | I think my form has been good enough . |
| 19 | My stomach 's been bad |
| 20 | ‘ When I 'm on rest days , I phone up if I know anybody in my unit has been poorly . |
| 21 | ‘ My brain has been involved with violence when I was a kid so much that , when I close my eyes , I see burning houses . |
| 22 | My son has been dead for three years . |
| 23 | . Just think of this food , clothing , shoes all to come out of my earnings the average of £3.9.9d. a little more sometimes , a few shillings Bonus , and my son has been ill for the past three weeks , whos going to pay the doctors Bill also I have lost time at work through air raid warnings no pay . |
| 24 | ‘ My piety has been unfailing , ’ claims the singer dubiously before ‘ The Holy Mugger ’ and , as usual , God gets a good kicking ; especially on ‘ Viva Dead Ponies ’ , where Jesus is back on earth owning a paper shop in Crouch End . |
| 25 | ‘ My family has been sterile for generations . ’ |
| 26 | There is nothing he can tell you beyond what I already have — that as far as we are concerned my mother has been dead for more than twenty years . ’ |
| 27 | My mother has been happy there for fifteen years . |
| 28 | My backside has been raw . |