Example sentences of "'ve be [adj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | United 's Darren Ferguson is likely to give way for Robson 's return , but manager Alex Ferguson softened the blow for his son when he said : ‘ The players know I 've been loyal to them because they have fought hard with little reward . |
2 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
3 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
4 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
5 | You 've been good to me . |
6 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
7 | ‘ You 've been good to us — you and Mr Dyson — but we ca n't stand it any longer . ’ |
8 | I 've been good to you . ’ |
9 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
10 | ‘ All my life , I 've been successful at everything I 've done . |
11 | That 's not so worrying , but I feel that I 've been successful in my own right and I would erm like to think I deserve the same recognition as we 've both set same standards over the last twelve months . |
12 | I 've been tired of it for years … |
13 | Because I felt vaguely grateful , I 've been nice to him . |
14 | I 've been nice to him . |
15 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |
16 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
17 | I think so too probably , and you 've been used to it . |
18 | I said , it hurt the captain because we 've been used to you know , ferrying everybody about , and I said , do n't d say that people are unkind because they they 're not taking you and carrying you about . |
19 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
20 | I know you think I 've been casual about your gown , but when Roman insisted I wear his clothes I could n't turn him down , could I ? ’ |
21 | I did n't I mean I know I 've been married to him for thir twenty five year but did n't know her all that . |
22 | It wo n't even look expensive if you 've been mean about it . |
23 | But we 've been honest with our people , we have not paid anyone off , in the fifteen years I 've been at , that did n't want to go . |
24 | her ringing you or , or doing anything and that 's it , and then you 've been straight with her , you 're not |
25 | Roy , administrator of the Higher Force Challenge , believes the young people who 've been involved in everything from assault to joyriding , respond to a ‘ simple thing called love ’ . |
26 | Well in the sense that they 've been involved in it . |
27 | No in in your memory , of course , you 've been involved in it for a long time , have n't you ? |
28 | ‘ I 've been worrying about you since yesterday . |
29 | You 've been worrying about it for years . |
30 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him , after all ! |