Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] 've [adv] been " in BNC.
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1 | where I 've never been , and , on the wall , |
2 | Do n't forget that you 've got an allowance each , and it 's not likely to affect many people , except where you 've perhaps been left something that you want to dispose of or a property that you want to dispose of , in which case there could be a capital gains liability . |
3 | The Ludicrous lads may lambast Carter for ‘ boldly going where we 've already been ’ on their new album , but another track , ‘ Bloody Proud ’ , bristles with blatant Fall references , including a riff suspiciously akin to ‘ Could n't Get Ahead ’ . |
4 | Yeah well th cos they 've been waiting up there on the thing and they 've land or they 've just been circ |
5 | Although I 've always been saying that the lower ranked players should get more money , and we should re-distribute the money . |
6 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
7 | He had n't really kicked her in the face ; you 've got to draw the line somewhere , although I 've never been exactly sure where . |
8 | ‘ Since I married my husband I 've only met two men , that 's in seven years , that I 've even been tempted with , ’ said the voice above her . |
9 | Part of the problem is that I 've already been through all this pregnancy stuff with Wife Number One . |
10 | ‘ I suppose that I 've just been recognising that the sort of feeling your mother had for your father is … she paused as she searched for as unemotive a word as possible . |
11 | What I mean is that I 've finally been forced to admit that the large-animal side of veterinary practice is still controlled by men . |
12 | ‘ I ca n't believe it 's such a coincidence , that I 've actually been staying in the house of the person I came to look for ! |
13 | He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another . |
14 | ‘ I do n't think that I 've ever been questioned about them . |
15 | Warnock , under fire after a 6-0 blasting by Millwall , said : ‘ Millwall was a body blow but I 've told my players that I 've always been a fighter . |
16 | Before that I 've always been involved in women 's journals , including Women 's Report which is one of the early women 's monitoring journals in this country . |
17 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
18 | There , in the fact that , that same evening , when I can promise you that I 've always been a most truthful man , I , to my own amazement , discovered that I was mouthing lies . ’ |
19 | ‘ There 's a parochial side to Scotland that I 've never been able to accept . |
20 | ‘ I think so — as far as I can , bearing in mind that I 'm Jewish and that I 've never been remotely religious . |
21 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
22 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
23 | ‘ It 's just that I 've never been deported before . ’ |
24 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
25 | I 've realized that I 've never been out of love . |
26 | I feel more tied down than I 've ever been before . |
27 | I 'm keeping at 11 stones and am fitter than I 've ever been . |
28 | I 'm happier today than I 've ever been in my whole life . |
29 | ‘ I 'm fitter than I 've ever been in my life . |
30 | We 've known them for a while , they 've been travelling to games solidly for years and are better fans on that score than I 've ever been . |