Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [pron] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , not at all , no I if there 'd been any doubt then I would n't have played , but erm no doubt at all . |
| 2 | I when I 've been ill . |
| 3 | The pure white drifts of snow against the door of the hut convinced me that nobody had been that way recently . |
| 4 | Brand told me that they 'd been friendly from way back and when I leaned on him a bit he admitted that they 'd had a thing going but it had been broken off two or three years ago . ’ |
| 5 | A month ago my bank informed me that it had been obliged to arrest £250 of my money to satisfy a court order obtained by sheriff officers . |
| 6 | She told me that she had been present when Balbinder was tested by the educational psychologist . |
| 7 | When Pat told me that he 'd been pleased with what I 'd said on Day to Day I felt better ; I could n't have coped with his disapproval as well . |
| 8 | I mentioned this to a Fetlar man who used to hunt otters for their pelts , as many crofters did and he could tell me that there had been pale-coated otters in that area for at least fifty years . |
| 9 | Chairman , this is not what we , er , agreed before , and it seems to me that there 's been some re-thinking on this , and I hesitate to say that once again , er , members are trying to face all ways because they do n't want to upset somebody , but the policy that we 've had in the past , had total support at property , and it is , it is a policy that has worked . |
| 10 | She glanced up , met those extraordinary eyes , and saw from the mockery in them that she 'd been right . |
| 11 | Where a solicitor realises himself that he has been negligent or his client makes a claim against him on that ground , the client must be told of the circumstances ( if he is not already aware of them ) and be advised to seek independent advice . |
| 12 | Although the issues of capacity and genuine consent or rejection are separate , in reality they may well overlap , so that a patient in a weakened condition may be unduly influenced in circumstances in which if he had been fit , he would have resisted the influence sought to be exercised over him . |
| 13 | He 's had a rotten deal from me and he 's been marvellous about it . |
| 14 | Later a radio interviewer from KQED asked me if I 'd been frightened and I said , truthfully , no , adding that maybe I was just too slow and stupid . |
| 15 | ‘ You ask me if it 's been tough . |
| 16 | After careful consideration I regret to inform you that you have been unsuccessful . |
| 17 | In both cases the ego seeks to defend itself against a passive relation to the superego and , in its manic symptoms , succeeds in convincing itself that it has been successful . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you know this is the first time you and I have been alone together , ’ he whispered . |
| 19 | In any event it will probably be relevant in most cases for the Industrial Tribunal to ask itself whether there has been any substantial fault on the part of the employee or his adviser which has led to the failure to comply with the statutory time limit |
| 20 | I usually empty them but I 've been busy . |
| 21 | He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice . |
| 22 | Yeah , but , you 're mad getting worried to much , you know we had our green house all smashed up and everything and it 's been upsetting , |
| 23 | Inwardly I had a sneaking admiration for them because they had been sure that they did n't like the Legion and so had acted directly and left . |
| 24 | The Italians have mae it work for them because they have been able to inject a comfortable , relaxed mood . |
| 25 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
| 26 | one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception |
| 27 | ‘ Have you been watching me while I 've been asleep ? ’ she demanded accusingly . |
| 28 | ‘ I told him that it had been great . ’ |
| 29 | Even Roquelaure 's omission to tell him that he 'd been involved in setting up the deal with Iran seemed less mysterious as the Métro train cruised beneath the Paris streets . |
| 30 | If someone had told him that he 'd been angry a moment before , he would 've denied it . |