Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One interesting feature of this discovery seems to me that it 's been a combination of different individuals approaching it almost laterally , in a sense , because you 're not an astronomer , particularly , are you ? |
| 2 | ‘ I got the hell beat out of me and I 've been a Mexican ever since . ‘ |
| 3 | She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she 's been a good friend . |
| 4 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 5 | Well as we approach the end of 1991 , I 'm sure I do n't need to remind you that it has been a very difficult year . |
| 6 | We if we 'd been a minute later we 'd have |
| 7 | She 's know me since I 've been a little girl . |
| 8 | Fergus had been so intensely aware of every separate part of her that it had been a pain and a torment . |
| 9 | I contacted him because he had been a friend of the novelist and playwright , Patrick Hamilton , about whom I am writing a book . |
| 10 | She had loved him while hating him , had loved him when he 'd been a perfect swine . |
| 11 | Behavioural precursors of schizophrenia included a poor emotional rapport in the psychiatric interview , and parental observations that he or she had been a passive baby , with a short attention span in childhood , and often impolite behaviour , while school reports often noted that the child was isolated , uneasy about criticism , easily upset , and disturbed the class ( Parnas et al. , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | If it if it had been a tie we would have tossed a coin . |
| 13 | He was just 43 and said : ‘ It 's a dream come true for me as I have been a lifelong supporter of Liverpool . ’ |
| 14 | Herr Winter tells us that it has been a family business ever since it was established by his grandfather , who also took the opportunity to purchase one of the three existing original Nipper paintings . |
| 15 | When we were there Stan was with us and he 'd been a few times to Brussels to with the Labour Party and , and he said oh it 's great ! |