Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm down or arguing with one of the family , because I 've been ratty through not being well , then Pat the physiotherapist , I have a talk with her and she talks to me and it helps me to talk to somebody else . |
| 2 | He says to me he says to me he 's , I 've been two or three time while he been int garden he says every time you come in here you lock your car , he says why you 're only int garden , I says well I 've lived round here for a lot of years , ha , I says and when you 've lived here long enough I says you 'll be locking your car every time you get it out . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been one side of the camera for long enough , ’ he smiles . |
| 4 | Sausage rolls or something Yes that 's er had a for that we cou we stopped there at I 've never been up that wa that way at that 's about the farthest north I 've been one of these coaches erm two , two , two or three times and er and er I 'd seen that Betty 's on er on television before . |
| 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 | Ex-motorcycle gang member with murder , kidnap and serious drug offences going on longer than I 've been alive . |
| 8 | Must admit probably cos my old man 's had them ever since I 've been alive . |
| 9 | In the present she mostly enjoyed herself , or had so far : ‘ I 've been sad so often yet from day to day I 've enjoyed everything that was going . ’ |
| 10 | I worked it out that it was since the beginning of the recession , since 1989 , that I 've been redundant . ’ |
| 11 | I 've been depressed before , at not having a job I suppose . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been second five times in the last three years and I 'm over the moon to have got home first at last . ’ |
| 13 | He has no complaint : ‘ I 've been five years and I think it 's only fair that someone else should have a chance . ’ |
| 14 | She now bent forward towards him and said under her breath , ‘ I 've been married five years , Charles , and I 've been five times pregnant . |
| 15 | Despite the passion in Glasgow he did not have to show his yellow card once as Rangers won 2-1 and Wilkinson said : ‘ It 's always important to have a good referee , but I 've been pleased with the standard of refereeing this season . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 'd better 'oppit now or me young man might get to 'ear I 've been dilly-dallying with you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been impressed by the enthusiasm for American football in Scotland and the thirst for knowledge , ’ said Noll . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been practising golf for two weeks in Florida and now I ca n't hit the ball properly . |
| 19 | It says I 've been good at the doctor today . |
| 20 | I 've been good to you . ’ |
| 21 | I 've been good all week |
| 22 | I 've been many things in my life , but I 'm not a liar . ’ |
| 23 | Oh , I do hate him — I 'm so miserable — I 've been such a fool ! |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been such a fool . ’ |
| 25 | I 've been such a fool ! ’ |
| 26 | I 've been disappointed when there 's no transport to my SPRED , but now I organise it myself . |
| 27 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 29 | I 've been awake all night and I 've got a hell of a day ahead , meetings from morning till night . ’ |
| 30 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |