Example sentences of "[pron] 've been [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been good to you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been used to playing dolls all these years . |
| 3 | The Merseysider told me : ‘ I 've been used to fighting away from home all my life — it does n't bother me . ’ |
| 4 | And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’ |
| 5 | For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ . |
| 6 | Because I felt vaguely grateful , I 've been nice to him . |
| 7 | I 've been nice to him . |
| 8 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 9 | I did n't I mean I know I 've been married to him for thir twenty five year but did n't know her all that . |
| 10 | United 's Darren Ferguson is likely to give way for Robson 's return , but manager Alex Ferguson softened the blow for his son when he said : ‘ The players know I 've been loyal to them because they have fought hard with little reward . |
| 11 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
| 12 | God almighty … all these years , and I 've been blind to what 's been going on right under my nose . ’ |
| 13 | People I have worked with I 've identified as having problems that I can see some sort solution to in terms , for instance , of hospital treatment erm at times I 've been unable to erm to do that because the Act is very difficult to work round erm and in retrospect I 'm very |
| 14 | He 's given them something else back for their money , and I 've been glad to be part of it . |
| 15 | I 've been worried to death over you ’ , I says , ‘ wondering where you was ’ . |
| 16 | I 've been worried to death . |
| 17 | I 've been worried to death ! |
| 18 | It 's all water under the bridge ; you do n't want to hear it — I 'm sorry if you feel I 've been unfair to you . |
| 19 | I 've been lucky to be able to launch the first concept of dread disease insurance , in South Africa you might have heard about us . |
| 20 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
| 21 | The question I I have is quite a simple one , and that is I would like to actually see this pond slightly closer quarters than I 've been able to . |
| 22 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 23 | Good start and I 've found by adopting this approach I 've been able to erm help clients in many areas which has saved them tax or making their money work harder for them . |
| 24 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
| 25 | My Lords i in the eighteen months I 've been privileged to be a Member of Lordships House , I 've often asked myself what our functions are . |
| 26 | I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their |
| 27 | I 've been unfaithful to Liuba . ’ |
| 28 | What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that . |
| 29 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 30 | You 've been good to me . |