Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] have [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was erm it 's the first time that I 'd come across , I mean I 'd been a little bit of experience on , on inland waterways in Windsor er which I 'd lost when I went to Leicester and Lincoln I came back here of course and now we had the North Sea and the docks and erm that was a new area and a , and a really good challenge erm I particularly got involved with , with things like erm the movement of chemicals which was beginning to increase and coming into Felixstowe and , and er and , and er Ipswich erm and when I think back Felixstowe Dock , looking back , ended where the big jumbo tank , the Calor Gas tank is , that , that was the sort of range of Felixstowe Dock in those days . |
| 2 | It 's stupid , I mean I 've been a driving instructor seventeen year , and I 'm not allowed to teach over here . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I realise I have been the bane of certain UKCC officers ’ lives and I hope that if I am elected I will continue to act as a grain of sand in the oyster . |
| 4 | Yeah , well what I think he , I think he will emulsion over it cos I mean the ceiling 's a bit , as you say she 'd been a smoker |
| 5 | The claims of those commentators ( for example Meager , 1985 ; LRD , 1987 ) who suggest there has been a growth in temporary working in recent years are given no support whatsoever by these results . |
| 6 | But I say there 's been a |
| 7 | Travel agents say there 's been a last minute rush for holidays abroad … with the weather here looking distinctly dismal … |
| 8 | Local people say there 's been a long-standing campaign for the site to be made safe . |
| 9 | COMMUNITY workers say there has been a big increase in the number of young homeless people as winter sets in . |
| 10 | They say there has been no shortage of interest in the project from potential backers . |
| 11 | What the DECies say they have is a 150MHz chip with a large enough heat sink ( palm-sized ) that it does n't need a fan to dissipate Alpha 's heat . |
| 12 | … ‘ I expect it has been a while , yes . ’ |
| 13 | Having tried it here in our own studio and been most impressed , I have also spoken to JMP-1 converts Geoff Whitehorn and Phil Hilborne who say it 's been a godsend to their recording . |
| 14 | And in fact , I overheard Sir Ewen say it 's been the smallest for the past hundred years . ’ |
| 15 | So he would be vague , and talk of the south , and say he had been a vagrant for many years . |
| 16 | The papal letter which he was carrying to the king had been superseded by another , which spoke more mildly and suggested that Anselm himself had been a mischief-maker , and that a compromise agreement could be reached with good will on both sides . |
| 17 | Then he said slowly : ‘ I hope I 've been a good father to you . ’ |
| 18 | I hope I 've been a good father to you . |
| 19 | National statistics show there has been a general decline in Britain 's urban population . |
| 20 | ‘ You mean you 've been a closet hetero all these years ? ’ |
| 21 | we 'd rather get it done properly , erm , but erm , this that came yesterday morning , he reckons it , that he can do the whole of the bedroom , look there 's been an accident , I 've got to tell you |
| 22 | Yeah , whe whe whether or not we consider him to have been a black sheep , then we certainly have erm , rather gone into his character . |
| 23 | I know I 've been a long time on this but I 'll I think it 's nearly there . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 25 | I know I 've been a bit stupid , but I 'm trying to get my act together and all Luke-do-it-all-Denner does is give me a hard time ! |
| 26 | Betinna said , ‘ I hear you 've been a hero . ’ |
| 27 | and as you well know there has been a series of meetings in |
| 28 | So far as we know there 's been no suspicion of foul play . ’ |
| 29 | You know I mean because all the people that have come to show support and er solidarity have done it er I mean we 've been very aware you know the quarry men have actually said you know no we do n't want you to actually block the land rovers we do it our own way and erm you know there 's been no out of control mass picketing or violence or anything like that . |
| 30 | ‘ As far as I know there 's been no crime committed , not by Hayley , at least . ’ |