Example sentences of "'ve be [adj] to " 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 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 . ’
4 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 . ’
5 You 've been good to me .
6 You 've been good to a poor man . ’
7 You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’
8 ‘ You 've been good to us — you and Mr Dyson — but we ca n't stand it any longer . ’
9 I 've been good to you . ’
10 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 .
11 Every day there 've been two to three flights taking off from Zagreb and flying across disputed territory to Sarajevo .
12 Because I felt vaguely grateful , I 've been nice to him .
13 I 've been nice to him .
14 Since July last year we 've been close to or below our target and the original CAT can now be disbanded .
15 ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one .
16 ‘ I 've been used to playing dolls all these years .
17 The Merseysider told me : ‘ I 've been used to fighting away from home all my life — it does n't bother me . ’
18 And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’
19 Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing ,
20 We 've been used to it for centuries .
21 ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial .
22 Could your system cope with warm food after what you 've been used to ?
23 Only these foreigners are a bit different from what we 've been used to .
24 For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ .
25 I think so too probably , and you 've been used to it .
26 I said , it hurt the captain because we 've been used to you know , ferrying everybody about , and I said , do n't d say that people are unkind because they they 're not taking you and carrying you about .
27 The shock o of losing someone you 've been married to for twenty one years , we grew up together , he was my best friend , he was n't just my husband he was my best friend .
28 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 .
29 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
30 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 .
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