Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] 've [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 2 | They include a club promoter , at least one DJ and at least two dancers who 've been associated with the scene we 've been involved with for the last few years |
| 3 | Sadly , the only conclusion I 've been able to arrive at since Mr Lamont did his bit , is that the sooner I become a recluse with a string of racehorses the better and that ca n't be right . |
| 4 | Hell , in one day I 've been jealous of a sour-faced moron like Dave Fernie and of a little tub of lard like Marcus Felstead ! |
| 5 | So our belief is that erm with the relationship we 've been able to build up in this city , with confrontation and community participation , with the targeting of the small resources that we do have , as a council in collaboration with the other , the resources of the other bodies , that we can in fact do something . |
| 6 | Ever since I came downstairs this morning you 've been different , hostile . |
| 7 | This is what they wanted and I undertook to do it and I tell you , all me life I 've been able to and have done that . |
| 8 | It 's the first time in all my life I 've been able to see the back of my nails from the palms of my hands . ’ |
| 9 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
| 10 | Good start and I 've found by adopting this approach I 've been able to erm help clients in many areas which has saved them tax or making their money work harder for them . |
| 11 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 12 | She considers this ‘ probably the most exciting thing I 've been involved with . |
| 13 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 14 | ‘ This is the biggest project we 've been involved in , and I 'm absolutely sure that the books will be in print in 10 and 15 years ’ time , ’ says Conran Octopus ' managing director Alison Cathie . |
| 15 | Lady Amory 's reaction to this was a mixture of sadness and the old excitement : ‘ We 're very fortunate in that in the near part of the wood garden we 've been able to grass over and you would n't realise the number of big trees that have come down . |
| 16 | Sausage rolls or something Yes that 's er had a for that we cou we stopped there at I 've never been up that wa that way at that 's about the farthest north I 've been one of these coaches erm two , two , two or three times and er and er I 'd seen that Betty 's on er on television before . |
| 17 | In the meantime I 've been able to complete the document and have pleasure in enclosing copy for your interest . |
| 18 | Since July last year we 've been close to or below our target and the original CAT can now be disbanded . |
| 19 | Er , certainly in the last well , all the time I 've been involved in developing these schemes , twenty seven twenty eight years now , we 've had a gradual increase over the years of involvement in the public , with the public and we 've been criticized where we have n't done so . |
| 20 | ‘ The reason I do n't have a band is that for the longest time I 've been disgusted with the mode that the American independent scene operates in and I do n't want to be associated with that . |
| 21 | Second time I 've been able to smell that . |
| 22 | ‘ We always wanted to sponsor a guide dog and by the time you 've been married for 50 years you 've got everything you need and there 's no point in getting presents you do n't really need , ’ said Mr Lea . |
| 23 | first time you 've been able to talk to him properly . |
| 24 | In fact you 've been one long disappointment , old bean . ’ |
| 25 | We hope that in this Lenten Appeal we 've been able to give you a sense of that . |
| 26 | Do you realise that this is the first time we 've been alone — I mean , really on our own ? ’ |
| 27 | But this is the first time we 've been able to excavate scientifically . |
| 28 | In fact they 've been instrumental in providing some of the greatest pleasures in my life to date . |