Example sentences of "[vb base] she [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Usher she had been top dog . |
| 2 | I expect she 's been bored lately . ’ |
| 3 | They say she 'd been depressed in recent days |
| 4 | They say she 's been able to transplant a gorilla 's brain into a human body , or maybe a human brain into a gorilla 's body . ’ |
| 5 | on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ? |
| 6 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 7 | ‘ I know she has been friendly with you — perhaps spoken freely to you . |
| 8 | It made her feel she had been incompetent in handling her affairs , and she did n't like that . |
| 9 | I think she 'd been asleep . ’ |
| 10 | Then she breathes out and gives a real smile — one of those big things that brightens her face like a starburst — and I see she 's been frightened , and I sigh , and suddenly I 've got a lump in my throat and I 'm trembling and I do n't think I can move away from this wall . |