Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] 've be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 2 | From the mid-'50s , where we 've been for quite some time , we 're suddenly into the '60s , 1961 in fact , and a finger-picked instrumental written by Chet Atkins , entitled Trambone . |
| 3 | He and his wife , Nellie , live in a Home in an outer city suburb where they 've been for fifteen months . |
| 4 | ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly . |
| 7 | Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years . |
| 8 | But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade . |
| 9 | Oh , I wish I could have continued as I 've been for the last year or so , with no hopes or fears , and no pleasures and no sadness . ’ |