Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] 've been [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean I 've been at meetings where they ( IMG ) have said ‘ We 'll hand you ( rugby ) a cheque for $2 million ( £800,000 ) for the year . |
2 | Well , I , I , I mean I 've been to one , to a meeting , they had in Manchester a few years ago , Irene 's been to some . |
3 | I mean I 've been in two shops now there 's fifty pound difference like , you know |
4 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |
5 | I mean I 've been in quite a bad mood this week actually but it 's really , like you know standing up for myself cos anyone that 's rude to me now gets it right back in their face . |
6 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
7 | I expect they 've been in the gallery have n't you ? |
8 | Well I hope I 've been of some help . |
9 | I hope I 've been by the time |
10 | Neither of them are gon na get better , I mean you 've been in here all this time and he has n't been up yet |
11 | we had our alarm ooh after five , William called us just in case we laid late , so we was on the move ten , ten past five , so I mean we 've been on the go perhaps two hours more than anybody else and eh , and then cos when , it was just like that , but it was down here now I thought to went to that down on his and a little |
12 | I mean we 've been in three . |
13 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
14 | I do n't know you know I 've been on holiday and people think I 've got an amazingly strong |
15 | Yeah well you you know I 've been in there on a Saturday morning when there 's been six of us there and one bloke serving , you know , I mean |
16 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
17 | And you know we 've been to a few caravans |
18 | you know we 've been to your house a couple of times and |
19 | I know we 've been to er Colombo , near the we went there camping . |
20 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
21 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
22 | I spect they 've been to a party . |
23 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
24 | I suppose you 've been with that awful Mug-govertski ? ’ |
25 | Oh , I suppose you 've been in love , probably several times , so you know how it feels to hold someone , and perhaps what I 'm feeling is what anybody feels when their life is startled and transformed . |
26 | I mean they 've been on strike now for six months . |
27 | I bet I 've been to more schools than Australia , I 've been to four schools in Australia |
28 | Another said , ‘ I bet you 've been into the loco shed . ’ |
29 | I think I think I 've been to one or two in York . |
30 | ‘ I think I 've been through being influenced by people . |