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Idiom: if the shoe fits, wear it | meaning of "room for one more"
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Sentence analysis (Passive voice) Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:47 am  Sentence analysis (Passive voice)
 

I have been busy with my work.

We -- subject
have -- helping verb
been -- main verb
busy - adjective
with my work -- ?

Also, I think this sentence is in Passive voice.

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Sentence analysis (Passive voice) Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:45 am  Sentence analysis (Passive voice)
 

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Not passive. 'With my work' is an adverbial modifying 'busy'.
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