Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] been [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in nineteen thirty and ninety thirty one I won the cup , I 'd been twelve year old then . |
| 2 | I 'd been half-hoping Vecchi might show before I sent Laura Channing out to what might develop into target-practice . |
| 3 | Before I had been lifeless jumble of miscellaneous body parts but now I was Frankenstein 's monster , shocked by lust into coherence and action . |
| 4 | Because in my last five years before [ becoming Prime Minister ] I had been Foreign Secretary [ and ] , therefore , away a lot . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been one side of the camera for long enough , ’ he smiles . |
| 6 | yes , and I , I do n't know whether I 've been that way , I honestly do n't know right then , so you 're all systems go , that 's the main thing |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been practising golf for two weeks in Florida and now I ca n't hit the ball properly . |
| 8 | I have to say , in comment to that , I do n't the know the the balance of statistics but I 've been a lone parent for , for ten years now , although I 've I 've pressed button , it was because for ten years of being able to have a stable relationship with my children , I 've got two very stable teenagers and during that , the course of that ten years I 've been disabled person as well , so yes there may be the case that there 's there 's trouble with the children of lone parent families , but I think there 's far too much emphasis on that nowadays ! |
| 9 | I 've been chief executive and/or chairman for twenty-five years and the tendency is to think you 're indispensable and you have to stay on until you 're seventy-five , as some people do . |
| 10 | Erm , but I mean , I 've been true Co-op through and through erm |
| 11 | I 've been busy gardening . |
| 12 | I 've been difficult material to work with , have n't I ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've not been that well myself , ’ she said , ‘ I 've been worried sick about ye . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been worried sick about you . |
| 15 | 'Cos I 've been this morning and I 've cleared fireplace out , washed |
| 16 | So — ’ he pointed to the case , saying , ‘ I 've been next door and bought another dozen . ’ |
| 17 | During the twelve years that I 've been head teacher at this school I have waited for promised improvements at the crossroads , and in particular the Lane junction . |
| 18 | I 've been enough trouble . ’ |
| 19 | Looked as it someone had been practising three-point turns on its chest . ’ |
| 20 | The hon. Gentleman is clearly under the misapprehension that I have been Prime Minister for 50 years — not yet . |
| 21 | When I get back Lucker wonders where I have been all night . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been leading scorer at Boro for five out of the last seven seasons — but it has become a way of life to be talked about as the player who is leaving or out of the team . |
| 23 | Pat smiled and replied , though she indicated by her manner that there was no reason why she should , " I have been next door twice . |
| 24 | This unprincipled position was sharply attacked by the Irish News , the nationalist newspaper which has been standard reading for the Catholic community in the North for the best part of a century . |
| 25 | As noted , eurobond firms are seeking to reform issuance procedures in a bid to reduce the current pressures on profitability , one underlying cause of which has been excess capacity . |
| 26 | The light over No. 6 which has been burning night and day for 2 months , now operates as it should — from dusk to dawn . |
| 27 | , Scientists at the Dutch Central Veterinary Institute claim to have isolated the cause of the Mystery Reproductive Syndrome ( MRS ) disease which has been sweeping pig herds across much of western Europe over the past few months , leading to the loss of up to 10 per cent of offspring in some herds . |
| 28 | Since that time there has been an uneasy peace in the world the price of which has been constant vigilance and in keeping that peace our two countries have continued together as the witness of young American Airforce men currently stationed in this country . |
| 29 | The pure white drifts of snow against the door of the hut convinced me that nobody had been that way recently . |
| 30 | One afternoon we had been taken for a walk up to the top of the mountain behind the camp , which had been good exercise ; from the top I had been able to see the sea . |