Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My experience has been that for many people there is not all that difference between bringing ‘ God ’ in and touching wood . |
| 2 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 3 | when we , ma when my mum had been married twenty five years that time . |
| 4 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
| 5 | My sparrow had been lucky that I scared the cat off when I did . |
| 6 | This is an interesting plan and I am delighted that my Department has been able to offer a grant to help it . |
| 7 | Most of the time since we arrived back in England my mind has been full of thoughts about Fiona . |
| 8 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 9 | All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration . |
| 10 | I 've only done one domestic story in 3 years ; all my work has been international , political . |
| 11 | A lot of my work has been concerned with this area and as my experience has grown I have learnt to wait until the people involved tell me they want to talk . |
| 12 | My personal life had been a disaster : I had had a lousy relationship with my mother ; been frightened of my father ; from time to time my marriage had been close to the rocks and I had been an uncaring father . |
| 13 | I often hear comments such as , ‘ Since my husband has been involved with the Alexander Technique he is a much nicer man to live with . ’ |
| 14 | My dynamo has been dodgy and it finally packed up . |
| 15 | I must admit my diet has been appalling . |
| 16 | Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X-rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today . |
| 17 | My reaction had been spontaneous and visceral . |
| 18 | My night had been restless too with humid city temperature . |
| 19 | MY phone has been red hot this week with calls from Sainsbury investors . |
| 20 | ‘ My schedule has been wrong . |
| 21 | ‘ My wife 's been ill , ’ he said after a few minutes . |
| 22 | I am married , and my wife has been unfaithful . ’ |
| 23 | The Headmaster , Mr. E.J. Russ had himself been taught at the school in the eighteen-nineties — my father had been one of his contemporaries . |
| 24 | Mr. Sutton was a nice old gentleman — looked distinguished with his white hair and small white beard , a stickler for accuracy and forever telling me that my father had been one of his pupils . |
| 25 | ‘ Because my father had been absent I immediately wanted him to become my father , but of course he could n't be . ’ |
| 26 | My father had been embarrassed when my mother or I had wept at the time of his leaving . |
| 27 | I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him . |
| 28 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 29 | But my life 's been empty without him , without that uncompromising presence . |
| 30 | You are all I 've got , all I 've got left to build my life on ; my life has been one long frustration , and to stand aside and see you throw yourself away on scum like … ’ |