Example sentences of "'ve [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They 've been loyal to me , and I 'll stay loyal to them . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'VE BEEN BORED WITH BOXING FOR YEARS . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been bored with boxing for almost four years . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've been absent without leave . |
| 6 | However , sometimes a dessert is called for — as at a dinner party — or just wanted — because you 've been good for so long ! |
| 7 | The fans were right to give me stick but they 've been good to me and it 's great to come off to a reception like that . ’ |
| 8 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 9 | You 've been good to me . |
| 10 | You 've been good to a poor man . ’ |
| 11 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been good to us — you and Mr Dyson — but we ca n't stand it any longer . ’ |
| 13 | I 've been good to you . ’ |
| 14 | It says I 've been good at the doctor today . |
| 15 | Sandy must be having company , pulled the blind down I think that 's why they 've been good about the parking this week , cos I mean Irene 's pulled her car , we saw Irene pull her car in was you here when she I saw her get in it , it must of been teatime yesterday |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ All my life , I 've been successful at everything I 've done . |
| 18 | Good morning , hope you all enjo hope you all enjoyed the meeting last night and er just by way of a change today we 've got er er resolutions and debates on the Labour Party and from one socialist party to another can I extend the warmest congratulations of the G M B Labour Party Conference to our comrades in Spain who 've been successful in winning a fourth general election . |
| 19 | Our relationship between any lottery director and G Tec as a company has always been professional and above reproach and as far as our relationship with the current director in California , we 've had instances were we 've been successful in California in gaining business while she was a director , and we 've been unsuccessful . |
| 20 | The objective to funding from the old objective programme is we 've now learnt that we 've been successful in getting a grant made towards the Centre feasibility study , Shropshire welcomes Japan television advertisement on the Japanese , Japan area , towards the pipeworks promotion and the fly-drive marketing initiative because , er , to get people from North America into the marches and staying here , so it looks as those projects will be almost fifty percent funded from Europe to objective two . |
| 21 | That 's not so worrying , but I feel that I 've been successful in my own right and I would erm like to think I deserve the same recognition as we 've both set same standards over the last twelve months . |
| 22 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 23 | He said well you 've been right since Christmas and if you say it 's not going to snow , it 's not going to snow ! |
| 24 | ‘ Mind you , I 've been shocked by some of the secrets I 've uncovered in ordinary bedrooms . |
| 25 | If I 'm down or arguing with one of the family , because I 've been ratty through not being well , then Pat the physiotherapist , I have a talk with her and she talks to me and it helps me to talk to somebody else . |
| 26 | Anyway , I 've been sober for a couple of days now and it changes your perspective a bit . |
| 27 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 28 | I 've been tired of it for years … |
| 29 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 30 | Because I felt vaguely grateful , I 've been nice to him . |