Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Man , I 've been worrying about that for fifteen years ! ’ exclaims Bryan . |
2 | I 've been worrying about that . ’ |
3 | ‘ I 've been worrying about this . |
4 | ‘ Mind you , I 've been shocked by some of the secrets I 've uncovered in ordinary bedrooms . |
5 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
6 | I 've been sure about all the other , too . |
7 | But I 've been stuck in this line for twenty years , and I reckon I 'll be stuck in it when I drop . ’ |
8 | ‘ I 've been busy on another plan . |
9 | Based on the following , delegates , I 've been lucky like many of you , to live in a country where I have had available to me a National Health Service that has been the envy of the world . |
10 | It frightens me , sir — I 've been frightened for more than a week now , and I just ca n't go on any longer . ’ |
11 | The , the thing is that I 've been concerned for some time when it 's finally helped , f f found for next month , because |
12 | As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation . |
13 | ‘ You 've been restless since that day at the docks , when we saw him off . ’ |
14 | You liked it , if you 've been active at all you 'd want to know what 's going on . |
15 | But can you honestly say you 've been cold in this house ? |
16 | Erm I think you 've been conscious of that and have made sure the hair has covered the creases up . |
17 | We 've been lucky in that companies and organisations have been supportive of our appeal . |
18 | We 've been precise on this because this is , if you look at your agenda papers , er quite detailed suggestion , one of the quotas , one of the options er in fact that we , the same about officer 's , erm nine twenty er the basis er , er is , is erm a very near to the that 's thirty five including capital , er we had to go fur further , obviously and , but we picked the Labour figure er and I wonder a little because the advice we have is that once we go over nine twenty places become much more erm , unfortunately costly . |
19 | We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys |
20 | The atmosphere with the actual returnees themselves is one of concern and apprehension I guess , because they 're concerned that they 've been involved in this , this crisis and they 're not quite sure what 's happening , and they are er not really being told by everybody , you know , there 's just too many people to make it very clear where they 're all going and when they 're all going . |
21 | ‘ They 've been besotted with each other more or less since they were children . |