be fond of vs have been fond of

Some examples from the web:

• He was beginning to be fond of you.
• One I happen to be fond of.
• Of course, you must be fond of swimming.
• Someone must be fond of you.
• I just happen to be fond of my own skin.
• My brother and his family used to be fond of me... before the bomb did this to me.
• And l always will... be fond of you.
• I want you to be fond of me.
• They didn't seem to really need me to be fond of them as well...
• The thing is, Daisy... has to be fond of her clients in order to represent them properly.
• Grimms are not known to be fond of Hexenbiests.
• As I remember it, they seem to be fond of you.
• You know, I happen to be fond of that boy.
• Your mother must be fond of your wife.
• You think you'll be fond of your grandfather?
• I don't want to be the one to say it, but I happen to be fond of redheads and greenbacks.
• You won't let me be fond of you, will you?
• I'll always be fond of him.
• She's grows to be fond of.
• Someone must be fond of you.

Some examples from the web:

• You must have been very fond of her to write a beautiful song like that.
• The kids have always been very fond of Signe...
• This is a perfect example of the start of one of these exercises in manipulating public opinion, which the Federalists have always been so fond of.
• Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have always been very fond of Mrs Rühle, but this is the first time in six years that she has expressed my own thoughts on a subject.
• I have always been rather fond of this was set up about 10 years ago by a partnership between business and environmentalists, which, I think, is always good.
• Tessa's always been fond of you, Bill.
• I've never been fond of Howard.
• You've always been fond of eli.
• I've always been fond of her.
• I've always been fond of cats.
• He has always been fond of you.
• You know, I've always been fond of you.
• I've never been fond of red.
• I've always been fond of Joe, too.
• We'd all been fond of her and we still were.
• I've always been fond of Lunatica
• I know you've always been fond of the open sea, Claire.
• I've always been fond of root crops, but I only started to grow last summer.
• Chun, you've always been fond of food
• I believe the Ambassador is fond of Mozart.