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 .
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