Example sentences of "[pron] 've [adv] been " in BNC.

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31 I 've not been that well myself , ’ she said , ‘ I 've been worried sick about ye . ’
32 I 've not been in the country long .
33 Since coming here , I 've not been in trouble for a year ’ .
34 Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point .
35 ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’
36 I 've not been in the situation ‘ Little Thing ’ describes , but everyone 's gon na assume I have .
37 ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do .
38 I 've not been bad for a long long time .
39 But I 've not been taking them for the last week .
40 I mean I 've got some indications in er a couple of books I 've got in the car , er but erm again I 've not been asked that question you know , what 's the bullion return , things like that , it 's , it 's a little bit out of the ordinary , but you can find the figures .
41 I was on that , I mean I 've not been taking them all the time , I 've really only been taking them when I feel it .
42 No I 've not been at my work this
43 I 've not been able to ask Fiona why , since I know she is personally very involved and helped draw up the UK version of ‘ Caring For The Earth ’ with Adrian Phillips .
44 Although I 've not been down a mine since then , er the German mines to my er estimation were far more advanced than what the British mines were .
45 This is purported to walk the grave yard at certain times of the year , but firm evidence of this I 've not been able to find ; you always hear that someone else has seen it but never first hand .
46 I 've not been to London in twelve years . ’
47 sidelong eyes that I 've not been bad
48 I 've not been but they say there are .
49 Anyway , I 've not been in a black cab in years .
50 I 've not been against lines of communication , I 've been against excessive expenditure on such .
51 Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round
52 We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day
53 I 'm very much aware I 've not been saying my name each time I 've been speaking but probably too late now .
54 Erm , apparently the first tune they used to those words , was a tune , which I 've not been able to find , which came from Britain .
55 Yeah unfortunately I 've not been able to have it done yet .
56 Erm whilst I 've not been able to produce an audited er set of accounts I do have er a set of figures for you erm and as you said at the the beginning of your opening er speech Mr Chairman that erm we had one or two losses during the year , those er in actual fact did n't erm affect us in thi this particular financial year as they were aimed at the September December period , but therefore they will be reflected in next year 's figures not or in the current year 's figures or the next annual general meeting 's figures .
57 I 've not been sleeping well since the house was ransacked , and it 's made me very edgy .
58 I 've not been allowed out of the wards , except under escort , that I owe to my father , I know .
59 The obvious highlight was Couples 's first major victory in the U.S Masters and the 33-year-old conceded : ‘ I 've not been close to that form since . ’
60 I 've not been up the garden at the back but those on the front are .
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