Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb base] been [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes but to me it 's old stuff Brenda I mean I 've been hearing this kind of conversation in number between chaps coming in to mend things |
2 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
3 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
4 | " I expect you 've been watching those " Bleakland " programmes , have n't you , Grandmother ? " |
5 | Ca n't believe you 've been watching all this television . |
6 | It 's difficult to explain , but I know I 've been doing some thinking about my obligations to my parents , about where I 'm coming from and where I 'm going . |
7 | I know you 've been investigating that horrible Martin man , even though you 've tried to keep it quiet , so here you are . ’ |
8 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
9 | ‘ I suppose you 've been reading all about it in the papers ? ’ |
10 | I suppose you 've been watching that as well . |
11 | ‘ I guess you 've been seeing all the sights , same as we have ? |
12 | ‘ We feel we have been considering each other too much . |
13 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
14 | ‘ Oh , yer do n't mean you 'ave been doin' that , do yer ? ’ |
15 | ‘ I gather you 've been interviewing some of the well-known faces down at TVL , Superintendent — like David Parkin and Jane Pargeter . |
16 | So long as you wait , I think you 've been doing this all day . |
17 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
18 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |