Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The week 's gone so quickly I 've just been sort of , you know . |
| 2 | Yeah , it looks as if they 've just been sort of put in in a heap |
| 3 | I 've always been Peter Pan . |
| 4 | I 've always been Peter Pan . |
| 5 | We 've always been outcasts and we never thought we 'd be accepted . ’ |
| 6 | We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We 've always been Athena customers , ’ he grins , in explanation of this enthusiasm . |
| 8 | I 've also been mountain biking around Dorchester which is somewhat gentler going though equally spectacular . |
| 9 | I 've never been soooo pissed off at a game than I was at the rangers game at Elland Road . |
| 10 | Gabriel , at No 31 with new single Digging in the Dirt , says : ‘ I 've never been part of the rock ‘ n roll machinery . |
| 11 | Well I know that but on the other hand , we 've never been ones for relying on other people . |
| 12 | A a And what I I might tell you , I 've never been sea sick only once , and that was after I think eating pork pies . |
| 13 | I 've never been child minded . |
| 14 | They 've never been patients of mine , though , as I say , I have done some of the servants and villagers . |
| 15 | I do n't know cos I 've never been brunette , Jackie . |
| 16 | The donor is Mr James Campbell , of the Kilberry family who have long been experts on piobaireachd . |
| 17 | There have long been stories of mysterious sounds at sea : haunted eerie calls in the night , mermaids singing , sirens luring sailors on to the rocks . |
| 18 | There have long been stories of human giants in legend and mythology . |
| 19 | This may be seen as a move to make international law into proper law , or at least international law with one of its essential purposes , the control of force , and , of course , there have long been laws to restrict the type and degree of force used even in legitimate war , and some restrictions on the very legality of wars , for instance when they are in contravention of treaties . |
| 20 | Defence and foreign policy have long been bedrock attributes of the nation state , and each European nation has entrenched national attitudes and distinct national interests . |
| 21 | But the rivers that keep the lake fresh are required for agriculture ; and there have long been plans to dam them . |
| 22 | There have long been rumours of putting bolts on Bosigran routes where the belays are difficult to arrange . |
| 23 | Social and economic inequality have long been features of our society , but such inequality does not always have the same implications for health status . |
| 24 | The film industry and the export of works of art , so far primarily the joint responsibility of the OAL and the Department of Trade and Industry , have long been candidates for transfer to an enlarged arts department . |
| 25 | The third principle is one that the Danes have long been sticklers for — the democratic accountability of European government . |
| 26 | This view is not based on logic but is greatly influenced by the programming to which we have all been subject from day one of our lives . |
| 27 | Murder , drugs , a bombing and shootings have all been part of a saga directly involving members of the family . |
| 28 | ‘ And Rhoda Brocklebank and Roxie Farmer and Shirley Place have all been spending money , ’ said Coffin . |
| 29 | The supermarket , the fast-food joint , the parking lot have all been projects of the practice : but a Macdonalds which floats , a parking lot with 20 cars deeply buried under asphalt , and its most celebrated work , the series of catalogue stores for the Best company where boxes are smashed into and eroded , with trees growing through them , façades peel or tilt , distorting the relationships between the predictable elements of the landscape . |
| 30 | France , Spain and Italy have all been stalwarts of the EC . |