Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meg realized she 'd been a complete fool . |
| 2 | ‘ I had never been interviewed before but felt really at ease , mainly because I discovered I had been an informal link worker all my life ! |
| 3 | Since you signed it 's been a little bit up and down , some goals conceded , not necessarily down to you , so you must be pleased that things have settled down a bit ? |
| 4 | Many of the journalists felt they 'd been the innocent victims of a political decision . |
| 5 | I said ( I was shocked , because from what he had said about other things , I thought he must be Labour , I knew he had been a Communist once ) , I 'd rather we had the New People than poor people . |
| 6 | At the same time , she knew it had been a big mistake to lose her temper like that . |
| 7 | Cos I thought it 'd been a nice day we could of nipped down to Sainsbury 's |
| 8 | Kenneth thought it had been a great year . |
| 9 | He did not think that their ambitions extended far into Western Europe but he thought it had been a serious error to let the Russians take Berlin and establish themselves there . |
| 10 | Looking back , he thought he had been a little bit crazy , last night . |
| 11 | As the neighbours started to emerge later in the day , everyone agreed it had been a great San Juan . |
| 12 | Yet the Chelsea manager , Bobby Campbell , and Arsenal assistant , Theo Foley , agreed it had been a good match , and the spectators ' complaints were muted . |
| 13 | But Joan admitted it had been a gradual process . |
| 14 | Handicapper Ted Kelly admitted it had been a difficult task rating Vintage Crop . |
| 15 | He said it had been a fantastic achievement . |
| 16 | Mr. O'Callaghan said it had been a good contest and the closeness in the result showed how evenly the teams were matched . |
| 17 | Aside from her gold medal triumph at the Barcelona Olympics , Capriati said it has been a disappointing year on the court and gave herself a ‘ C ’ grade for her results . |