Example sentences of "i 've been [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been good to you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been used to playing dolls all these years . |
| 3 | The Merseysider told me : ‘ I 've been used to fighting away from home all my life — it does n't bother me . ’ |
| 4 | And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’ |
| 5 | For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ . |
| 6 | Because I felt vaguely grateful , I 've been nice to him . |
| 7 | I 've been nice to him . |
| 8 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 9 | I did n't I mean I know I 've been married to him for thir twenty five year but did n't know her all that . |
| 10 | United 's Darren Ferguson is likely to give way for Robson 's return , but manager Alex Ferguson softened the blow for his son when he said : ‘ The players know I 've been loyal to them because they have fought hard with little reward . |
| 11 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
| 12 | God almighty … all these years , and I 've been blind to what 's been going on right under my nose . ’ |
| 13 | People I have worked with I 've identified as having problems that I can see some sort solution to in terms , for instance , of hospital treatment erm at times I 've been unable to erm to do that because the Act is very difficult to work round erm and in retrospect I 'm very |
| 14 | He 's given them something else back for their money , and I 've been glad to be part of it . |
| 15 | I 've been worried to death over you ’ , I says , ‘ wondering where you was ’ . |
| 16 | I 've been worried to death . |
| 17 | I 've been worried to death ! |
| 18 | It 's all water under the bridge ; you do n't want to hear it — I 'm sorry if you feel I 've been unfair to you . |
| 19 | I 've been lucky to be able to launch the first concept of dread disease insurance , in South Africa you might have heard about us . |
| 20 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
| 21 | The question I I have is quite a simple one , and that is I would like to actually see this pond slightly closer quarters than I 've been able to . |
| 22 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 23 | Good start and I 've found by adopting this approach I 've been able to erm help clients in many areas which has saved them tax or making their money work harder for them . |
| 24 | and you know the first time since we 've been married I 've been able to actually cook a roast dinner and washed up by two o'clock on |
| 25 | My Lords i in the eighteen months I 've been privileged to be a Member of Lordships House , I 've often asked myself what our functions are . |
| 26 | I had , I had a letter the other day saying that I 'd been paying thirty nine pounds , fifty a week to live on , but I 've been entitled to fifty five pound something for low income support so are they gon na backdate all that and then get their |
| 27 | I 've been unfaithful to Liuba . ’ |