Example sentences of "'ve [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've been such good friends , both of you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We do count as friends , do n't we ? ’ 'You 've been such good friends , both of you . ’ |
| 3 | Why should you have to sacrifice yourself — you who 've been such a brick all your life ? |
| 4 | ‘ It do n't seem right , though , askin' for things when you 've been such a kind bloke to me , and doctored me as well . ’ |
| 5 | You 've been such a good and loyal friend to me all these years , and I know it was wrong of me to ask something so demanding of you , but … ’ |
| 6 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 9 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 10 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 11 | And they 've been such good parents to me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been such a brick for carrying on while I was away . |
| 13 | There 've been such enormous changes . |
| 14 | I 've been many things in my life , but I 'm not a liar . ’ |
| 15 | The A423 is one of the busiest roads in the region and there 've been many accidents . |
| 16 | I 've gone home at nights with clothes drenched with sweat from head to foot and the wife has had to pull my socks off , they 've been that wet inside my boots . |
| 17 | yes , and I , I do n't know whether I 've been that way , I honestly do n't know right then , so you 're all systems go , that 's the main thing |
| 18 | We 've been all through that we 've got the salaries re-graded and we do n't pay a bad wage now |
| 19 | they 've had they 've been out two days on bikes , borrowed John 's children 's bikes and bikes and they 've been all round |
| 20 | We , we 've been all the way round now . |
| 21 | We 've been all the way round now . |
| 22 | was but , what you expecting that , obviously is n't called for a lot of night life , otherwise it would be there , there 's been discotheque , they 've been all sorts of things , but they 've closed down because they have n't made enough money |
| 23 | So they 'd better be nice seeing as we 've been all the way |
| 24 | Well , as I say , I 've been all down through the . |
| 25 | It means there 've been more cries for help . |
| 26 | erm No , no I do n't think so , I 've erm been a successful I 've been more successful that most and I it would appear greedy if I erm said that there was something that I think I would have done differently . |
| 27 | Erm but I 've been this is I 've been progressively pricing this account . |
| 28 | 'Cos I 've been this morning and I 've cleared fireplace out , washed |
| 29 | this is , this is sad I am and how worried I 've been this has been round my neck ! |
| 30 | M. What do you think I 've been these last two months ? |