Example sentences of "[vb base] i have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well okay well just to wind up , I mean I 've been involved in this and people within the R Y A and the office for a good six months now and we fell well down the line , the reality is hardly any courses have started yet and there 's hardly any youngsters been on the water . |
| 2 | I trust I have been able to dilute any misgivings that my letter may have stirred . |
| 3 | I find this very difficult to erm , to relate , to relate hard work to the women portraying in , in this , we 've got the postcard of that one , erm it must of been hard work and very tedious , but I think every now and then the moment breaks away and shines through at the back , and I think people like , like Gaugin erm captures those moments and then releases them on the canvass , and I hope that erm by , I hope I 've been able to show you how I use art as a voice erm and a friend as my own work , even though we 've maybe had to do such a sort of hand fist way , hand fisted way , erm , but , I , I 've recently started to re-visit old favourite of paintings and I found that the story they tell sometimes has changed dramatically , maybe sometimes when your very little that , that , you know , sometimes dramatically as well , erm , but I , mostly , most importantly its , its still , I still find them , all of them compelling and challenging and , and something to stride for in my own work , erm , er only time will tell so I 'll finish with the , the last poem which is erm comes from the postcard what 's going round which is harvest , its called Patterns In The Grass , Wheat cut and falls , making lion head patterns in the grass , sickle shaped women bend and bow as a naive dressed as a dog steals the evening meal . |
| 4 | MIKE HOOPER could earn a shock recall tomorrow for a match which his manager describes as ‘ potentially the most exciting European tie I 've been involved in . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Given the state of the teams , this is potentially the most exciting European tie I 've been involved in . |
| 6 | I did n't I mean I know I 've been married to him for thir twenty five year but did n't know her all that . |
| 7 | United 's Darren Ferguson is likely to give way for Robson 's return , but manager Alex Ferguson softened the blow for his son when he said : ‘ The players know I 've been loyal to them because they have fought hard with little reward . |
| 8 | Like , I know I 've been lucky . |
| 9 | ‘ I know I 've been lucky in my career but I really do believe that something will always turn up , ’ she says . |
| 10 | Good god lad , so erm , she said oh I know I 've been naughty and I have , not neglecting him in a naut , you know , they 've been making sure he 's been alright |
| 11 | I suppose I 've been lucky with my training , having been an engineer . |
| 12 | And I suppose I have been resentful , all these months . |
| 13 | I suppose I have been beastly . |
| 14 | To the extent that they are spontaneously enthusiastic about the story , can easily make it their own and see implications for their own practice , and ask me back , I reckon I have been successful . |
| 15 | I guess I 've been lucky in finding people whose playing I love and who I do n't have to tell what to do . ’ |
| 16 | It 's all water under the bridge ; you do n't want to hear it — I 'm sorry if you feel I 've been unfair to you . |
| 17 | I know you think I 've been casual about your gown , but when Roman insisted I wear his clothes I could n't turn him down , could I ? ’ |
| 18 | I think I have been dead for a long time now . |
| 19 | Mind I 've been cold all night and I 'm cold now . |
| 20 | ‘ I wish I 'd been involved with his case two or three years ago , ’ says Mr Stafford Smith , ‘ because the best shot you have is on direct appeal . |
| 21 | She said sharply , ‘ My romantic novels enabled you girls to have a carefree life , the sort of life I wish I 'd been able to give your father . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I wish I 'd been older on the Drive , ’ said Nooty . |
| 23 | I wish I had been able to help . |
| 24 | I I I 've I 've been these these routes before |