Example sentences of "[vb base] been [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now I 'm hoping we can see the best of Barnes because since I 've been Liverpool manager it is something I 've not seen . ’ |
| 2 | Liz , you 're a you 've been Beltane Queen . |
| 3 | Taylor said enthusiastically : ‘ After the win against Turkey , it was the first time since I 've been England manager that I 've gone back into the dressing room and felt the emotions I did as a club manager . |
| 4 | I 've been family member for twelve years and must have seen a thousand children , and of those , barely fifty had both their natural mother and father ! |
| 5 | We 've been Christmas shopping granddad . |
| 6 | Yeah well I know that 's true erm and we 've been power fighting and that 's the problem |
| 7 | Eurosterling bonds were first issued in 1972 ; they have all the characteristics of eurobonds rather than those of domestic or bulldog bonds , and the main issuers have been UK building societies , seeking long-term funds to finance their home loans . |
| 8 | Very broadly , the accountants determine whether the right accounting methods have been usedfor instance in dealing with such matters as rates of depreciation and work-in-progress . |
| 9 | The most convincing of the latter have been sentence completion methods like cloze procedure . |
| 10 | Firstly , it is a family archive covering the period since the thirteenth century ; secondly , the dukes of Norfolk have been Earls Marshal and Hereditary Marshals of England for many centuries ; and finally , as the family has adhered to the old religion , many documents have an important bearing on English ( Roman ) Catholic history . |
| 11 | Figures from the Treasury and the International Stock Exchange also show just how important large issues have been share ownership . |
| 12 | Among recent subjects have been council house sales , public attitudes to embryo research and the effects of unemployment on young women . |
| 13 | How many artists have been Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd ? |
| 14 | The results have been currency devaluation ( by 80 per cent ) and inflation , with the minimum wage remaining at its pre-SAP level of 125 naira ( $16 ) a month . |
| 15 | There have been accidents aplenty on this cluttered but charming course . |
| 16 | My club control a water I have been carp fishing for the last three seasons and have just imposed a hair rig ban . |
| 17 | You have been Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge for eleven years and since the mid-Sixties you have held posts at the Universities of Sheffield and Southampton . |
| 18 | His previous interests have been science fiction and drugs , and I suspect his present passion for radical politics will pass . |