Example sentences of "'ve been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been second five times in the last three years and I 'm over the moon to have got home first at last . ’ |
| 2 | Britain wanted to be firm , instead they 've been hasty and stupid . |
| 3 | I mean , we 've been longtime admirers of yours , well you might even say fans since the days of Screentest really . |
| 4 | Aunt Elena was Mother 's room-mate at school in Switzerland and they 've been best friends ever since . |
| 5 | We 've been best friends since our first day at school , when we were five . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'VE BEEN BORED WITH BOXING FOR YEARS . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been bored with boxing for almost four years . |
| 10 | Yeah , I have been cos I 've been bored really so all I do is study . |
| 11 | they 've been marvellous , have n't they ? |
| 12 | ‘ We 've also had people on community service orders who 've been marvellous . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've been absent without leave . |
| 14 | I sort of noticed , Joe , how you 've been absent since things started popping round here . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been fortunate enough to work with the likes of Joe Mercer and Jack Charlton and I know my place in a football club . |
| 16 | We 've been fortunate that no one has seen us . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | Er , I 've been fortunate enough to share in some of that work with you and I know how much work 's been involved . |
| 20 | You 've been such good friends , both of you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We do count as friends , do n't we ? ’ 'You 've been such good friends , both of you . ’ |
| 22 | Why should you have to sacrifice yourself — you who 've been such a brick all your life ? |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | 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 … ’ |
| 25 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 26 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been such a help , ’ she said , brushing aside Loretta 's half-hearted attempt to make a contribution . |
| 28 | You 've been such a help . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 30 | And they 've been such good parents to me . ’ |