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Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] [det] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	How could I have been such a fool as to take him seriously ?
2	How could I have been such a fool ? ’ she wailed through her tears .
3	Perhaps if I had been more of an expert the differences would have been more apparent , but experts always tend to obscure the obvious .
4	And I must admit once I 'd been I 'd , early on when I did n't know an awful lot , then , yeah , but , later on when I had been more experienced there was n't , there was very little difference between how I treated people whether they made a fuss or not .
5	Well , as I say , I 've been all down through the .
6	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
7	I 've been many things in my life , but I 'm not a liar . ’
8	Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool !
9	‘ I 've been such a fool . ’
10	I 've been such a fool ! ’
11	M. What do you think I 've been these last two months ?
12	I I I 've I 've been these these routes before
13	Erm but I 've been this is I 've been progressively pricing this account .
14	'Cos I 've been this morning and I 've cleared fireplace out , washed
15	this is , this is sad I am and how worried I 've been this has been round my neck !
16	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 .
17	I 've been enough trouble . ’
18	I have been many things in my time .
19	I should have been very glad of your society this last year , Maureen has been at the Royal College of Music , and I have been much alone , only for the animal 's company I do n't know what I should have done and poor Mr. Papworth [ a dog ] has been so ill we had to telephone a vet up at 2 a.m. one morning it was a funny night , Jack and I in our dressing gowns in the kitchen trying to comfort Mr. Papworth .
20	When I get back Lucker wonders where I have been all night .
21	By contrast Celtic had a goal in hand for much of the match and put together many passages of the passing game which has been such a feature of recent matches .
22	A common tendency , reflecting perhaps a consciousness of the taboo on didacticism which has been such a strong feature of recent primary education , was for some teachers to ask questions rather than make statements or give instructions .
23	As such they are seen as antithetical to the work ethic which has been such an integral part of Thatcherite political rhetoric .
24	But this good housekeeping has been swept aside by the latest wave of IRA terrorism aimed at commercial targets on the mainland , one of the repercussions of which has been that , from 1 January this year , landlords and/or tenants have been required to take out a separate insurance policy to cover their buildings against terrorist damage .
25	This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture .
26	‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’
27	The pure white drifts of snow against the door of the hut convinced me that nobody had been that way recently .
28	But what happened to the crushed tomatoes which had been such a success , Were they abandoned in favour of whole canned tomatoes ?
29	Beside the door of each room a supply of ready-loaded firearms had been laid ; every available weapon , from the Enfield rifles of those killed earlier in the siege to native flintlocks and the countless sporting guns which had been such a feature of " the possessions " , had been pressed into service .
30	This was the 1st Ukrainian Division , many of whose members came from those parts of Poland incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1939 and which had been such a special concern of the AFHQ letter of 6 March defining " Soviet nationals " .