Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [adv] been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment banking although this year it 's a very different difficult environment for investment banking particularly a house that concentrates on , on corporate finance er there has n't been a great deal of M and A activity and if , if there has it has n't been a very high erm very high ticket . |
| 2 | Yet even those outside the profession will know it has not been an easy road recently . |
| 3 | And when it 's come it 's usually been a case of you can smell something horrible like erm you know when they 're emptying the slurries out in the pig farms . |
| 4 | People say he has never been the same since . |
| 5 | She had always said she had never been a shop-girl and she was n't going to start now . |
| 6 | Denis Smith says he 's always been a Stoke fan and his name always comes into the reckoning when the job is going and he 's made no secret of the fact that he 'd like to manage the club |
| 7 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 8 | Tony Wright … says it has n't been a good season they have n't batted well … but someone has got to take the blame and he thinks he should stand down and give someone else a chance |
| 9 | Coach Marcia says it 's still been a great expericence . |
| 10 | ‘ Come on now , Mr Willis , time to go back to the hospital … oh I hope he has n't been a bother … come on now , dear , in the car please … ’ she said . |
| 11 | As far as I can remember it has always been a hot one , in that season beloved of medieval lyricists . |
| 12 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
| 13 | ‘ I know I 've always been a compulsive eater but my problems really began then . |
| 14 | ‘ I know I have n't been the perfect father , but hell , you have n't been the perfect mother either . ’ |
| 15 | If you want to make the most out of your interviews with professional people , ensure that they will be prepared to take you seriously because they know you have not been a time-waster in the past . |
| 16 | Okay , well I mean there are var various people that enter sales as you know they 've probably been a plumber or something and gone into it . |
| 17 | He suggested the striker was lacking in desire , suggesting he had gone missing during the game against United , and saying he had not been the same since playing for England against Turkey a fortnight ago . |
| 18 | Llhuyd paid a shilling to the verger for a portion of it , for it seems it had long been the practice to saw off portions of it to sell to pilgrims probably an early example of Welsh private enterprise . |
| 19 | It was so hard to see you suffer when I knew you 'd always been the most gentle , caring person in my life . |
| 20 | Arsenal boss George Graham feels he has not been the same player since he co-starred for England against Turkey . |
| 21 | Now he saw it had all been a sham . |
| 22 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 23 | Within Dotty 's hearing a home pirate remarked that he thought it had all been a storm in a teacup . |
| 24 | At first I thought it had maybe been a cat on the roof , then possibly some inept burglar . |
| 25 | I presumed it had once been the school 's dinner ladies ' empire and there was still a stove and tea-making gear but not much else except a funny smell . |
| 26 | He realised it had only been a bait for which he had fallen . |
| 27 | I think I 've always been an optimist . |
| 28 | I think we 've probably been a bit lax about checking them out . ’ |
| 29 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 30 | He said you have always been a good friend to him ; he is very happy to do something for you , in return . ’ |