Example sentences of "'ve been [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Mind you , I 've been shocked by some of the secrets I 've uncovered in ordinary bedrooms .
2 Sausage rolls or something Yes that 's er had a for that we cou we stopped there at I 've never been up that wa that way at that 's about the farthest north I 've been one of these coaches erm two , two , two or three times and er and er I 'd seen that Betty 's on er on television before .
3 I 've been sure about all the other , too .
4 well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water .
5 The atmosphere with the actual returnees themselves is one of concern and apprehension I guess , because they 're concerned that they 've been involved in this , this crisis and they 're not quite sure what 's happening , and they are er not really being told by everybody , you know , there 's just too many people to make it very clear where they 're all going and when they 're all going .
6 ‘ Man , I 've been worrying about that for fifteen years ! ’ exclaims Bryan .
7 I 've been worrying about that . ’
8 ‘ I 've been worrying about this .
9 It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’
10 The , the thing is that I 've been concerned for some time when it 's finally helped , f f found for next month , because
11 ‘ You 've been restless since that day at the docks , when we saw him off . ’
12 As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation .
13 We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys
14 ‘ They 've been besotted with each other more or less since they were children .
15 ‘ I 've been busy on another plan .
16 Erm I think you 've been conscious of that and have made sure the hair has covered the creases up .
17 But I 've been stuck in this line for twenty years , and I reckon I 'll be stuck in it when I drop . ’
18 You liked it , if you 've been active at all you 'd want to know what 's going on .
19 We 've been precise on this because this is , if you look at your agenda papers , er quite detailed suggestion , one of the quotas , one of the options er in fact that we , the same about officer 's , erm nine twenty er the basis er , er is , is erm a very near to the that 's thirty five including capital , er we had to go fur further , obviously and , but we picked the Labour figure er and I wonder a little because the advice we have is that once we go over nine twenty places become much more erm , unfortunately costly .
20 But can you honestly say you 've been cold in this house ?
21 Based on the following , delegates , I 've been lucky like many of you , to live in a country where I have had available to me a National Health Service that has been the envy of the world .
22 We 've been lucky in that companies and organisations have been supportive of our appeal .
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