Example sentences of "[pron] 've be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been awake for over an hour , ’ she said , sitting on the edge of the bed , when he came back into the bedroom . |
| 2 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 3 | But now I 've been drug-free for over a year erm but I 'd been trying for a few year before that and had nay managed to succeed . |
| 4 | ‘ It feels like I 've been asleep for a long , long time . |
| 5 | I 've been asleep for an hour . |
| 6 | I 've been grateful for Jessie having my key because er I 've locked myself out one or two |
| 7 | I 've been married for sixteen years . |
| 8 | I 'm 21 , I 've been married for four years and I have two children aged three and one . |
| 9 | I 've been married for 16 years to a man I really love . |
| 10 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been mad for too long , ’ Patsy replied , moving out into the centre of the yard . |
| 12 | Hang on , wait a minute , er August , September , January , February , March I 've been single for nine months . |
| 13 | Oh god , I 've been single for about five |
| 14 | I 've been single for , now let's see |
| 15 | As I 've been stuck for years now |
| 16 | Certainly I I 've been aware for a while now that there have been problems at Kingslane general in terms of of break ins erm not just specifically with the launderette but with also the community room er there and certainly I I 've been engaged in making one or two suggestions about how security measures could be improved . |
| 17 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
| 18 | I 've been bad for two weeks |
| 19 | The , the thing is that I 've been concerned for some time when it 's finally helped , f f found for next month , because |
| 20 | Well , it 's about why I 've been ex-directory for the last , er , twenty years . |
| 21 | That 's why I 've been quiet for two hours |
| 22 | As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation . |
| 23 | Juliette : I 've been active for about 3 years in the Black Movement . |
| 24 | Over the centuries , the Superintendents who 've been responsible for looking after the garden , have each played a major part in it 's growth and development . |
| 25 | However , sometimes a dessert is called for — as at a dinner party — or just wanted — because you 've been good for so long ! |
| 26 | ‘ We always wanted to sponsor a guide dog and by the time you 've been married for 50 years you 've got everything you need and there 's no point in getting presents you do n't really need , ’ said Mr Lea . |
| 27 | ‘ Because , ’ he said , mopping his plate industriously with a piece of bread , ‘ when you 've been asleep for — no , I do n't want to know — you 're bound to feel a bit peckish when you wake up . ’ |
| 28 | You 've been asleep for a long time . ’ |
| 29 | You 've been edgy for months . ’ |
| 30 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |