Example sentences of "'ve [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain wanted to be firm , instead they 've been hasty and stupid . |
| 2 | I mean , we 've been longtime admirers of yours , well you might even say fans since the days of Screentest really . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'VE BEEN BORED WITH BOXING FOR YEARS . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been bored with boxing for almost four years . |
| 7 | Yeah , I have been cos I 've been bored really so all I do is study . |
| 8 | they 've been marvellous , have n't they ? |
| 9 | ‘ We 've also had people on community service orders who 've been marvellous . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been absent without leave . |
| 11 | I sort of noticed , Joe , how you 've been absent since things started popping round here . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | We 've been fortunate that no one has seen us . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Er , I 've been fortunate enough to share in some of that work with you and I know how much work 's been involved . |
| 17 | ‘ There 've been good things and bad things , but I 've survived . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've been good today — very good . ’ |
| 19 | However , sometimes a dessert is called for — as at a dinner party — or just wanted — because you 've been good for so long ! |
| 20 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 21 | IT 'S PANTS-cacking time for atheist scum 'cos soon God 's gon na kill everything and he knows whether you 've been good or not . |
| 22 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 23 | If you 've been good . ’ |
| 24 | You 've been good to me . |
| 25 | You 've been good to a poor man . ’ |
| 26 | Because they 've been good boys we 've helped them extend their landholdings and they lease it back to their own peasants at exorbitant rates — that 's why their own people call them pirates . " |
| 27 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 've been good to us — you and Mr Dyson — but we ca n't stand it any longer . ’ |
| 29 | You 've been good girls and worked hard for us , and I wish you luck . ’ |
| 30 | It says I 've been good at the doctor today . |