Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only I 'd been 10 years of age again , I 'd have loved the ‘ Pirates Club ’ . |
| 2 | But if only I had been right , if only it were just Kinnock , or for that matter a couple of remediable policies or the voting system , that were the problem . |
| 3 | But perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ Necromancy , ’ he said , lowering his voice , ‘ Do you know , I never believed in that hoary old tale about necromancy sucking all the goodness and all the warmth from everything , but perhaps I 've been wrong . |
| 5 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him , after all ! |
| 6 | Perhaps I 've been wrong about him . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I have been bored , without realising it . ’ |
| 8 | " Perhaps I have been lax in such matters , but that state of affairs can be remedied . |
| 9 | So I had been right about that . |
| 10 | and you put the cluster of wool in it and pull it back and it 's like little bobbles of wool and er I 've got a beige and a brown I 've done it with it will look nice you know , it will come right here , it 's a beautiful rug , quite nice , so I 've been busy and I make coat hangers |
| 11 | erm We have n't as yet , erm the problem is I do n't normally deal with the sub- committee , the person that 's that should be dealing with it is not here today , so I 've been unable to track down a copy of this letter . |
| 12 | I did get into a car the other day to drive to London to the Imperial War Museum to see an exhibition of work by Tony Carter and was excited by it , but my appreciation may have something to do with the fact that he was a student of mine so I have been familiar with his ideas over many years . |
| 13 | When I reach out to the big mug of coffee on the table , it is cold , and I wonder how long I 've been asleep . |
| 14 | I do n't know how long I have been asleep ! |
| 15 | If only she 'd been able to ask him why , perhaps it would have been more bearable . |
| 16 | If only she had been able to evade her pursuer sooner . |
| 17 | Her head was clearing and she wondered how long she had been unconscious . |
| 18 | The two of you — and your lawyers — will look at your financial position , at your wife 's , at how long you 've been married , whether or not she 's working ( and if she is n't , what sort of work she 'll be able to find ) and eventually come up with a sum which is supposed to be fair to both of you . |
| 19 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 20 | Perhaps she had been sleep-walking , and had not been responsible . |
| 21 | Perhaps she had been foolish to remain here , eating a poached egg and spinach off a tray . |
| 22 | Perhaps you have been unwell or under stress . |
| 23 | She was not , however , the common harpy for which the landlady had taken her ! she reflected angrily , stepping hastily into the garret room which was all she had been able to afford . |
| 24 | Obviously she 'd been lucky in what the travel agency had found for her , she thought approvingly as she glanced round the attractive room . |
| 25 | But h Well obviously you have been clean shaven at some stage but |
| 26 | So she had been right about his mood ! |
| 27 | So she had been right about Rebecca after all , she thought as they walked back towards the main part of the house . |
| 28 | So you 've been good then . |
| 29 | His emulation of ‘ loose semantic fit ’ does however puzzle many modern readers — those especially who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice . |
| 30 | From the day I first got an inkling of ‘ where babies come from ’ and taxed my mother with the proposition that I was therefore no relation to my father , I believed that it was me and me alone who had been responsible for all that pain and trouble called my birth . |