Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know Alan from the England set-up , and everyone has always been impressed with his work . ’ |
| 2 | Life for me has never been dull around you what more could I ask ? |
| 3 | This for me has always been important . |
| 4 | Those leaders have tried to keep their empires isolated from the Darwinian laws of survival , despite the fact that none of the ‘ gods ’ as presented by them has ever been able to set aside the inexorable operation of those laws . |
| 5 | The other tenants say that life for them has never been better . |
| 6 | No-one has ever been able to explain precisely why the tropical forests and coral reefs contain so many species , but the two habitats do have several obvious features in common . |
| 7 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd rather been inclined to favour the theory that Fedorov is working for the Hapsburgs . |
| 9 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
| 10 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 11 | I 'd probably been off-balance , what with the drinks and the crowds and everything . |
| 12 | And , since I 'd often been obliged to meet his other women during the course of his business , I maliciously decided that he would have to encounter my bit on the side , day in and day out . |
| 13 | I 'd never been involved in before as an Area Housing Officer , and just involved with day to day management , but with it being a clearance area it 's a totally different approach , and the sort of things that you deal with are totally different as well . |
| 14 | It was Irene , for instance , who pointed out something I 'd never been able to put my finger on : that Tod ca n't talk and smile at the same time . |
| 15 | I 'd never been interested in guitarists as guitarists until I heard Johnny Marr . |
| 16 | She knew I 'd never been interested in Florian . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd worked in studios before , really complicated state-of-the-art stuff , and I 'd always been obsessed with multi-tracking . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd always been good with a sewing machine , ’ she says , ‘ so a kindly neighbour asked me to run her up a few silk separates for the summer holidays . |
| 19 | and I 'd always been sorry that my dad told us , you know . |
| 20 | This she combines admirably with looking after 14-year-old Alex , 12-year-old Rosie , and 5-year-old twins Fifi ( Fiona ) and Nicky : ‘ It was a new direction but something I 'd always been interested in . |
| 21 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 22 | It 's same as , what ow she 's gone into hospital with her , you know , and I 'd actually been that day , you know what I mean , I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not cross , 'cos I do n't mind . |
| 23 | After the yard was the house that was built for , and due , so much more life than I 'd ever been able to give it . |
| 24 | I ca n't I have n't been bloody , yeah you have now , I 've still got ta get to there yet before I can bloody buy anything |
| 25 | Who should I have always been guilty of believing that I had never done enough ? |
| 26 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 27 | If I had n't been weak and without hope I should have quarrelled with almost everything Syl said . |
| 28 | If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’ |
| 29 | If I had n't been pregnant I would have been sent back to Bullwood , but they have n't got a mother and baby unit there , though in those days Styal was only for women over twenty-one , apart from the pregnant borstal girls . |
| 30 | I had n't been involved in the organization and knew very little about what was going to happen . |