Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb base] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or they 've been a bully before , and they just go downhill . |
| 2 | and er , and so , and er as I say er I 've had a most wonderful life and I 've been a widow now for ten years . |
| 3 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 4 | And I 've been the leader of of that party for the last four and half years , I am ready to step down from that , and ready to take up this challenge , and I believe that those experiences , and what I 've done there , will stand me in good stead . |
| 5 | I have been working at the playgroup in Middleton St George for about seven years now , and I 've been the leader for about two . |
| 6 | If you come out to nothing like I did and you 've been a prostitute and know it 's easy money — well you 're going to go straight to it again . |
| 7 | Anyway , muggins here went into his dresing room just before the fight and gushed : ‘ Joe , it 's my first big show , and you 've been a professional in every sense of the word . |
| 8 | So , for example , if the flat rate is £200 a year of pension and you have been a member of the scheme for 20 years , your pension will be £4,000 a year . |
| 9 | Above all we must disregard any traditional idea and never , never , be put off by statements of ‘ practical men ’ who say it has been tried before or it will never work ; these two feeble and slavish statements have destroyed countless ideas and they have been the rocks against which many brilliant minds have foundered . |
| 10 | But I 've been a member for many years I like the policy and erm my friends and I just decided that we would fund raise for them as they have n't got anyone in this area . |
| 11 | and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ? |