Example sentences of "[pron] 've be [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
2 | 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 ? |
3 | yes , yes , she 'll just have an or orange when I came out , she 's been , I 've been getting a few of those , it seems to help a bit |
4 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
5 | Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed . |
6 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
7 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
8 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
9 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
10 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
11 | 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 " |
12 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
13 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
14 | 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 . ’ |
15 | I 've been feeling a wee bit sick . |
16 | I 've been feeling a wee bit |
17 | I 've been having a mad one have n't I ? |
18 | I 've been burping an awful lot , in my stomach . |
19 | ‘ 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 . |
20 | I 've been designing a new collection . ’ |
21 | Legal moves have begun to evict thousands of travellers who 've been holding an illegal festival at a beauty spot for the past five days . |
22 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
23 | When you 've been having a few beers , and clowning around having a bit of a larf , and then you go onstage and sing earnest , sensitive songs full of emotion and heartbreak and loneliness , do you ever feel like fakes ? |
24 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
25 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
26 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
27 | We 've been getting a wee bit of light in now in the mornings , eh ? |
28 | For over a year now we 've been running a major initiative which is a systematic review of all our Sainsburys brand packaging to see where we can minimise the use of materials , but still allow the packaging to do the job of protecting the product and preserving it . |
29 | , so we 've been doing a few need a good wash |
30 | They 've been restoring a battered old narrowboat . |