Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will soon see that I have been right all this time . |
| 2 | ‘ My sister and I have been estranged some years . |
| 3 | I could say that in spite of ties of affection I have been lonely all my life . |
| 4 | ‘ I have been alone all night ! |
| 5 | ‘ I have been large all my life and I do n't see why others ca n't be the same way . ’ |
| 6 | I 've got five or six people here who have been water-skiing all their lives , and there 's no way any of them can do it . ’ |
| 7 | Second , while adults who have been blind all their lives report no visual dreams , and have no measurable rapid eye movements using EOG measures , they do have periods of low-voltage EEC with reduced muscle tone , consistent with REM sleep , " and if mechanical sensors are used to assess eye movement , it appears that their eyes do indeed wiggle about during these sleep phases . " |
| 8 | The Turkish slaughtermen offer the ubiquitous Turkish tea , a strong bitter brew known as chi , which invariably precedes all conversations , and the RAOC Master Butcher and his three British and two Belgian butchers , who have been busy all night cutting and jointing , now prepare themselves to assist in the slaughter of the cattle and sheep . |
| 9 | While there have been precious few literary models for black male writers to follow lately , there has been a boom in black women 's writing , particularly in the States , with the success of Alice Walker , Toni Morrison and now Terry Macmillan . |
| 10 | Even Humberside county council is launching a campaign to show the people that they have been wrong all these years and should have loved it . |