Example sentences of "[pron] 've [been] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I I 've been sent a local |
| 2 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 3 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 5 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 6 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 7 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been learning the ancient Japanese martial art of san tu dang for about 10 years now and that helps me keep my weight constant . |
| 9 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
| 10 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
| 12 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been fighting the inevitable for too long , darling . |
| 14 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 15 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
| 16 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been saying the exact same thing with regard to this Mr Wrong she 's so darned keen on . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
| 19 | I mean , if I 'd thought there was something really wrong , I 'd have seen that you stayed at home — this makes me feel I 've been driving a sick horse or something " |
| 20 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
| 21 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
| 22 | You see , I 've been offered a great deal of money for information which might discredit Alan Dysart : anything scandalous from his past or present . |
| 23 | But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been offered a temporary job at a private clinic . |
| 25 | I 've been feeling a wee bit sick . |
| 26 | I 've been feeling a wee bit |
| 27 | I 've been having a mad one have n't I ? |
| 28 | I 've been burping an awful lot , in my stomach . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been running three or four miles every day for a week , and using a trampoline at home to build up my fitness , and I 've been keeping a close eye on what I eat . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been studying every spare minute . |