Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pers pn] 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 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 6 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 7 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
| 8 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I know it 's been a long day but I want you to drive to Sion tonight . |
| 16 | I bet you 've been a sergeant , I bet you 'ave . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 19 | I think he 's been a bit green today . |
| 20 | I think you 've been a lot more conscientious and got a lot er , potentially a lot more out of it . |
| 21 | An inglenook , Oh I think it had been a place a sort of built off the fireplace . |
| 22 | Well I think it 's been a mans world , they , they 've had a wonderful time ! |
| 23 | I think it 's been a continuing problem in the flats . |
| 24 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
| 25 | Well I think that 's a good way of putting it , absolutely , I mean er As as I say but it it is erm I think it 's been a long process and to get I mean it 's taken nearly two years since the |
| 26 | However , the problem is that Mr is not keen , I think it 's been a labour of love doing the one , he 's not keen to do the other one . |
| 27 | Purists argue that science should be precise , and that standardisation of terminology is part of this precision , but I think it has been a retrograde step . |
| 28 | In any case , it is too difficult for me , and I wish I had been a movie comedian or something of the sort and had never heard of physics ’ . |
| 29 | But I wish I 'd been a snobby old ratbag with some power on the Inverness-shire County Council planning committee in the 60s . |
| 30 | I wish it had been a few more noughts on it ! |