Example sentences of "than [pron] 've be for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The improvement and the form suggests it 's the best Welsh pack since the Triple Crown in 1988 , so yes I 'm more optimistic than I 've been for some time ’ , said the 43-year-old ‘ Panther ’ , who is now a schoolmaster in Swansea .
2 ‘ I 'm better than I 've been for a long time . ’
3 ‘ I 'm happier than I 've been for years , ’ she said quietly .
4 Some of Britain 's rivers are now cleaner than they 've been for years .
5 But if China really is now backing peace and free elections , the signs are more hopeful than they 've been for a decade .
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