Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 've [be] [v-ing] [adj] " 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 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 6 | " I expect you 've been watching those " Bleakland " programmes , have n't you , Grandmother ? " |
| 7 | Ca n't believe you 've been watching all this television . |
| 8 | Byrne reckons they 've been playing brill recently and are just waiting for a chance like this — but he was talking before they got turned over 0–3 by the makems last night . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I know you 've been investigating that horrible Martin man , even though you 've tried to keep it quiet , so here you are . ’ |
| 11 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 12 | I guess I 've been getting upset for too long when it was n't even necessary . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose you 've been reading all about it in the papers ? ’ |
| 14 | I suppose you 've been watching that as well . |
| 15 | ‘ I guess you 've been seeing all the sights , same as we have ? |
| 16 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 17 | Mr Fernie , I gather you 've been making certain allegations about your neighbour , Mr Connon . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I gather you 've been interviewing some of the well-known faces down at TVL , Superintendent — like David Parkin and Jane Pargeter . |
| 19 | So long as you wait , I think you 've been doing this all day . |
| 20 | I said I 've been phoning all the time , I said , and I still do n't know about it ! |
| 21 | I said I 've been waiting six months now , I 've given my life six months to wait for a job , I said , you ca n't get experience if you 're not given chances |
| 22 | Because if they do n't know about it the mother or the father of that child will no doubt be coming along screaming I 've been getting twenty five pounds a week for the last ten years and I 've child on my own now . |
| 23 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |