Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many have multiple thin trunks growing up from the ground — they 've obviously been coppiced in the past . |
| 2 | Ever since the Mountbatten thing , they 've all been nervous of the publicity . |
| 3 | ‘ And my feelings are telling me that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do . |
| 4 | ‘ I know now that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do with my — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You were very tired , ’ Adam said , ‘ and we 've all been worried about Elinor . ’ |
| 6 | We 've all been worried about her . |
| 7 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've only been ill since Saturday evening and of course yesterday was Sunday and most people stay in bed anyway then . ’ |
| 9 | I 've only been operational for four months and yet already people are beginning to seek me out . |
| 10 | ‘ Then perhaps I 've just been unlucky with the ones I 've met . ’ |
| 11 | It would mean I mean we 've just been involved with one of the hospital because there 's an audit commission report on costs to hospital services . |
| 12 | They 're not actually erm , using the D S O , and I 've just been involved in the |
| 13 | I 've just been involved in the selection of caterers for erm , South Wilts Grammar School , and I 've got to say , and I 've told Mr this , because he criticised me , Concept Catering were n't in the le in the frame . |
| 14 | The obvious highlight was Couples 's first major victory in the U.S Masters and the 33-year-old conceded : ‘ I 've not been close to that form since . ’ |
| 15 | Other clients who 've not been sure about coming , actually find they quite like it and it 's not that bad and yes , they 'd like to stay ! |
| 16 | You know you 've not been interested in sex for years . ’ |
| 17 | I 've not been bad for a long long time . |
| 18 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 19 | For the future for erm , for record , we 've not been able in the past to know how people spoke only from books , dictionaries and try to describe how people said things , erm , but this is a living record and I 'm getting more and more embarrassed as the minutes go by and those of you who are doing drama this afternoon , anybody doing drama ? |
| 20 | ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do . |
| 21 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 22 | Erm we 've always been involved with the flats , |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I 've always been honest about it . ’ |
| 25 | I 've always been intrigued by the Catholic church , by all the colours and the candles , but I know so little about it … when we studied existentialism in high school , I felt that that was exactly right , but now I just do n't know … |
| 26 | I am aware of the difficult times that other theatre companies who actually face in this moment in time and I am very grateful when I and I 've always been grateful to the Harlow Council for the funding of the Council has given to the theatre , has given to the theatre over the years . |
| 27 | I 've always been grateful for that , that they did you know create th th this love of poetry . |
| 28 | I 'VE always been bashful about going into the ring , so early on I decided to cover it up . |
| 29 | Lord Mayor , we 've always been opposed to Trusts because of their independent nature which we see as really making it impossible because of that very nature to plan for health care properly . |
| 30 | I do n't think there 's a very great deal in the way of er lighting fittings one can talk about erm in houses in Harlow , it 's er , there 's a , a distinct difference between the light , a lot , lot of architects in , in Harlow have lived in Harlow you see and they will go in for all the very latest type of lighting fittings erm and because they have er access to the books for the various er designers of lighting fittings er , generally though , they , the majority of the people in the town er have come from er London boroughs and erm they view the same kind of lighting fittings they 've always been used to . |