Example sentences of "been [adj] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most of my time in the House , I have been dissatisfied with them in the same way as I was dissatisfied with private Bills . |
| 2 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 3 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 4 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 5 | The G M B's got a long record of joining forces with others which has proved to be successful , but if we 're gon na be honest , it 's always been recognized that we would be the predominant union and yes Apex members we should have been honest with you at the time of merger , because it 's quite clear you was gon na lose your identity to at least to some extent and we should have been honest about that . |
| 6 | One important lesson I learned early on ( which had not been obvious to me in the past ) was that you do n't have to give everything away , do n't have to reveal yourself completely to people . |
| 7 | Things had been tense between us throughout the two-year preparation period . |
| 8 | He 'd been conscious of her in the old days of course , although he kept quiet about that . |
| 9 | Shelley had been conscious of him through the corner of her eye , but had deliberately made no effort to speak to him . |
| 10 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 11 | Dr Kepepwe assured me active steps were being taken to trace those who had been intimate with me during the ten blank years : my parents , my academic colleagues . |
| 12 | ‘ Did n't you guess , my beautiful idiot , that I 've been crazy about you from the first time I saw you standing outside your hotel bedroom in France ? ’ |
| 13 | She smiled nervously at Sergeant Phyllis Henley , who had been kind to her at the time of their parents ' ungainly departure from life , but uncompromising . |
| 14 | Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be . |
| 15 | I do n't know exactly how long , but I 've been aware of it for the last eighteen months . |