Example sentences of "you 've been [art] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd say things like , ‘ Glen , you 've been a really naughty boy .
2 You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend .
3 He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’
4 Your conductors ' competitions brought on some new talent , beginning with the Finnish conductor Okko Kamu , who won the first competition in 1969 ; and you 've been a great help to most of the new generation of top conductors — Abbado , Ozawa , and so on .
5 ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you …
6 ‘ I just wanted to say that , we would of course be very sorry to lose you , you 've been a tremendous asset to the Department , even in the short time you 've been here .
7 You can dance like Ginger Rogers You 've a figure like Marilyn Monroe You 've been a blonde since a week last Thursday So yir roots have n't started to show …
8 You 've been a big detective lately , have n't you , Auntie Jean ?
9 Anyway , muggins here went into his dresing room just before the fight and gushed : ‘ Joe , it 's my first big show , and you 've been a professional in every sense of the word .
10 You 've been a bad influence .
11 You 've been a good lodger and paid regular , and I 'm sorry about it ; but there it is , Mr Arkwright .
12 You 've been a real sport , mister , standin' up for me like you did , and fetchin' that brute a lovely wallop .
13 I bet you 've been a sergeant , I bet you 'ave . ’
14 You 've been a socialist all your life and were a former economic adviser to Che Guevara .
15 You 've been a real help to me , Carrie . ’
16 You 've been a good wife , Elaine . ’
17 That 's er , so you 've been a successful propagandist ?
18 You 've extended courtesy , patience , and fair-mindedness to all , so that you 've been a tribute to the enquiry process if I may say so .
19 It pleased him to see the shock his words delivered , and before David could protest , he lied , ‘ You 've been a help to me since my old bones went crook , and I 'll see you get your dues when the time comes .
20 ‘ When you 've been a soldier as long as I have , I tell you , you can smell a parasite from the other side of a black hole !
21 If you come out to nothing like I did and you 've been a prostitute and know it 's easy money — well you 're going to go straight to it again .
22 You 've been a widow for fourteen months now .
23 You 've been a wonderful sister to me , dearest .
24 You 've been a good son to me , ’ the old man said .
25 John Silver , you 've been a friend of mine , but for no longer .
26 And in addition to that , am I right in saying , for thirty years you 've been a nun ?
27 Erm so erm you 've been a social worker for how many years ?
28 See if you 've been a bad boy .
29 You 've been a great help . ’
30 ‘ You mean you 've been a closet hetero all these years ? ’
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