Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] 've [adv] been " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’ |
2 | Well , to be fair , that 's not always the case , and in this instance I 've definitely been forced into something of a rethink . |
3 | ‘ Except for losing Mum I 've always been lucky , but it 's bound to change sometime . ’ |
4 | And of course I 've never been introduced to you properly . ’ |
5 | ‘ Of course I 've never been able to cook . |
6 | So I was trying to spare and it 's really the most coldest branch I 've ever been in . |
7 | It 's the other kind of thinking I 've never been able to muster , the long-term stuff , ‘ Never confuse strategy with tactics , ’ one of my tutors advised me , but I ca n't even remember what the words mean . |
8 | ‘ You mean that 's the monster you 've just been telling me all about ? ’ |
9 | Inevitably , though , some people missed the point entirely and as a result they 've often been tarred by the indiscriminate brush of ‘ gothic rock ’ . |
10 | Any illustrations for the scene we 've just been doing and the things we 've already been talking about , or any new ideas . |
11 | And his liquor you 've undoubtedly been consuming . ’ |
12 | yeah there 's a muse th th there 's a museum at Carne in Normandy , I do n't know if anyone 's been there , we went there last year , and it , it 's a new museum , a memorial museum and that 's the most moving place I 've ever been because it 's actually designed to show how awful war is and that it should n't happen again , it 's not a museum glorifying war , it 's a museum showing that , that it should n't happen , we should n't let it happen and there 's a erm there 's a great big case as you go in which has er a statement from every country that took part in the war , including Germany , and they 're all there , they 're all there together saying that you should n't you should n't let it happen and , and and I , I thought that was the sort o you know i i it was very impressive because i it was n't glorifying anybody , it was n't saying we won the war , you lost the war it was it was a , a coming together to say that it should n't happen . |
13 | Queerest place I 've ever been in , ’ said Ella . |
14 | This is the only nine to five sales job I 've ever been able to offer anybody . |
15 | and now the moment you 've all been waiting for … if of course you entered our Christmas cracker competition … the answers and the winners |
16 | We are sure this end that the Pikes would n't be a party to exporting the virus to ( or in even the slightest way aiding ) the place you 've just been . |
17 | What a shame you 've never been there . |
18 | People ring up about the match they 've just been to and complain or say who they think should be the next England manager , etc . |
19 | In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums . |
20 | Man , to this day I 've never been so sick . ’ |
21 | Is the person I 've just been , an ego in my head . |
22 | BERKSHIRE BBC ( , and ) proudly announce the release of the video you 've all been waiting for — ‘ THE WILDE SHOW ’ . |
23 | Catching a fleeting expression on Lucy 's face , she persisted with ominous calm , ‘ This would n't be the Guy Sterne whose name we 've just been dutifully worshipping at the board meeting , by any chance ? ’ |
24 | Leeds 2 Leicester 1 — This is probably the most memorable game I 've ever been to . |
25 | ‘ That was just about the most disgusting exhibition I 've ever been subjected to ! ’ |
26 | ‘ I have a feeling I 've just been conned , Father . |
27 | Hopefully this morning you 've now been introduced to the concept of quality planning , as it 's intended within the civil engineering design group . |
28 | Sir I 've just been recording you . |
29 | ‘ I 'm just the same size I 've always been , Mum . |
30 | But we then took a view about , about future years because in a sense we 've always been , obviously had to provide for the er , year impression . |