Example sentences of "you [verb] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’
2 ‘ Anyone can see you 've been a sergeant .
3 You 'd have known that , would n't you , that you 'd been a twin ? ’
4 I was so proud of you — as proud as though you 'd been a child of mine trying to walk .
5 Of course you could have become Lord Mayor then if you 'd been an alderman ?
6 That — and you having been an oarsman , too .
7 ‘ Could you have been a contender ? ’
8 You 've extended courtesy , patience , and fair-mindedness to all , so that you 've been a tribute to the enquiry process if I may say so .
9 His mouth twisted into a grim line as he admitted , ‘ You 've been a marvel about the place , and I appreciate it .
10 ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you …
11 It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes .
12 John Silver , you 've been a friend of mine , but for no longer .
13 ‘ Because you 've been a part of it from the start . ’
14 you you , you 've been a communist yourself ?
15 You 've been a widow for fourteen months now .
16 You can dance like Ginger Rogers You 've a figure like Marilyn Monroe You 've been a blonde since a week last Thursday So yir roots have n't started to show …
17 I think you 've been a lot more conscientious and got a lot er , potentially a lot more out of it .
18 and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ?
19 Yes he is , you 've been a lot of help , thanks .
20 ever since you 've been a little girl you 've been a wind-up merchant .
21 In other words if you , you 've been a teacher and you 're working in a school , you tend to talk about the things about your school that different from other schools , not about the things about your school that are the same , and that go on in all the other schools as well .
22 And in addition to that , am I right in saying , for thirty years you 've been a nun ?
23 I bet you 've been a sergeant , I bet you 'ave . ’
24 If you come out to nothing like I did and you 've been a prostitute and know it 's easy money — well you 're going to go straight to it again .
25 ‘ You mean you 've been a closet hetero all these years ? ’
26 Anyway , muggins here went into his dresing room just before the fight and gushed : ‘ Joe , it 's my first big show , and you 've been a professional in every sense of the word .
27 You 've been a monster today ?
28 ‘ When you 've been a soldier as long as I have , I tell you , you can smell a parasite from the other side of a black hole !
29 Apart from one or two lapses , you 've been a model of fidelity . ’
30 It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured .
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