Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they 've been a rabble all afternoon anyway , have n't they ? |
| 2 | I mean it 's been a helpful conversation , erm you know I 'm not s I you know you persuaded me , rightly or wrongly , that it 's not that much of an issue in in our fellowship , but it 's something that we do always need to be aware of . |
| 3 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 4 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 5 | Well er the I mean there has been a slight complexity with the replacement er programme of course because er er E F two thousand was originally envisaged that it would replace the phantoms er as as as as well as the jaguars and now that er has altered with the decision in options to er get rid of er the phantom squadrons , we 've er been able to adjust the replacement programme such that er the aircraft E F two thousand will replace er the erm er the jaguar and some of the F threes er and the programme will be adjusted such that we get er the most cost effective er mixture of replacement of those two types and there is no problem with keeping the jaguar going until that stage and it may well be it is , is being judged to be cheaper that we should er do some F three replacement at the same time , again partly for cost reasons because it 's gon na be more cost effective to do it that way . |
| 6 | Erm but erm er I , I mean there 's been a double turn in , in fact . |
| 7 | I mean there 's been a couple of times that he 's really lost his temper with her and erm and , and really flown off the handle , badly . |
| 8 | erm I mean it 's a surely it 's a political decision is it not , I mean there 's been a lot of controversy as you I 'm sure are well aware about the Medley boat station ? |
| 9 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 10 | But I say there 's been a |
| 11 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 12 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
| 13 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 14 | Modest in the sense that he never proclaimed his talents — and they were real and varied : he was , I have heard , a very good businessman , and I know him to have been a first rate chess player and a notable painter . ’ |
| 15 | I mean I know there 's been a lot of debate and I know that er you may feel it 's been a bit of a waste of time |
| 16 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 18 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 19 | Lawrence added : ‘ I know it has been an expensive season for fans , but I hope they will dig deep to back the team in their final home game . ’ |
| 20 | It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I know it 's been a long day but I want you to drive to Sion tonight . |
| 22 | ‘ Ever since I remember there 's been a peregrine on that cliff . |
| 23 | On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to . |
| 24 | The site is run by a chap called Sidney Passmore and I gather there 's been a lot of ill-feeling . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm sure I told you there was n't another meeting when you asked me , and I gather there 's been a bit of a problem as well for other people . |
| 26 | I bet you 've been a sergeant , I bet you 'ave . ’ |
| 27 | She looked at the strong old face , the arched bone of the nose , the imperious , high forehead and thought : I bet she 's been a tartar in her day . |
| 28 | I bet there 's been a lot ducks ' nests washed away though . |
| 29 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 30 | But , I mean the concern Carters Mead Resident 's Association I think is well founded , I think there 's been a lot of problems and er I think it can come upon us all to keep talking with them and to improve the situation should the should Woolwich back out . |