Example sentences of "we 've [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The salad bowls are great to look at , and great to use — they are such a good size compared with the silly little one we 've been crushing lettuce and tomato into for far too long . |
| 3 | We 've been fortunate that no one has seen us . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , too , because Mike 's sister Judy has a three-year-old , and now a new baby , and lots of our friends have babies , so they 've lent us things and also been great with advice about their best buys . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one . |
| 7 | Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing , |
| 8 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial . |
| 10 | Only these foreigners are a bit different from what we 've been used to . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We 've had people working excessive hours to meet deadlines and we 've been profitable . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been close friends for donkey 's years and I know you better than to think you 'd try to queer my pitch . ’ |
| 14 | Since July last year we 've been close to or below our target and the original CAT can now be disbanded . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've been more than pleased with him , we 've been delighted . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 18 | ‘ We 've been tepid sponging and monitoring since he was admitted , but there does n't appear to be any improvement — in fact , I 'd say he 's marginally worse than he was an hour ago , so I thought I 'd better get you to take a look at him . ’ |
| 19 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 20 | I 'm only in this business for my own enjoyment , yet because we 've been successful and made a lot of money people automatically assume I 'm a raving Conservative and resent.my criticisms . |
| 21 | The objective to funding from the old objective programme is we 've now learnt that we 've been successful in getting a grant made towards the Centre feasibility study , Shropshire welcomes Japan television advertisement on the Japanese , Japan area , towards the pipeworks promotion and the fly-drive marketing initiative because , er , to get people from North America into the marches and staying here , so it looks as those projects will be almost fifty percent funded from Europe to objective two . |
| 22 | But there have been so many of these little mistakes , you see , that we 've been obliged to have a warrant made out . ’ |
| 23 | I mean , we 've been longtime admirers of yours , well you might even say fans since the days of Screentest really . |
| 24 | It is very different from our usual trip programme — there is so much to do and see , and we 've been selective in choosing only the very best . |
| 25 | Investing for the future although , although we 've been keen to drive for cash er , we really wanted to , to use the benefit of having a strong balance sheet and so where investment has seemed sensible and sound , we 've made those investments , of course we 've put er , cash in the B Sky B er and we 've also invested further in the er Spanish group , the Recollectors Group taking our stake in expansion , adding some cash and getting a stake in the bigger bigger grouping . |
| 26 | And he may turn up at any moment with a simple explanation , and wonder what we 've been worrying about . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 've been involved with a number of societies who have been approached by potential predators . ’ |
| 28 | They include a club promoter , at least one DJ and at least two dancers who 've been associated with the scene we 've been involved with for the last few years |
| 29 | ‘ This is the biggest project we 've been involved in , and I 'm absolutely sure that the books will be in print in 10 and 15 years ’ time , ’ says Conran Octopus ' managing director Alison Cathie . |
| 30 | I , I , I 'm say erm we 've , we 've been in we 've been in we 've been involved with individuals , |