Example sentences of "[conj] you 've been [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 2 | → It seems to me , Dave , that you 've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension . |
| 3 | Which is the story that you 've been hearing about ? |
| 4 | And suppose suppose that you 've been dancing with somebody and you really do n't like them at all . |
| 5 | Is it true the things that you 've been declaring about yourself ? |
| 6 | Erm it 's an exercise that you 've been asking for . |
| 7 | So what , can you outline the basic technical problem that you 've been having with the flight control system ? |
| 8 | The , the direct debits that you 've been paying for years but you 're not sure where they go to , that sort of thing ? |
| 9 | do you think that maybe they could benefit from this idea that you 've been talking about today ? |
| 10 | I understand today that you 've been celebrating with tea . |
| 11 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 12 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 13 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 14 | If you 've been thinking about taking out a subscription to the Royal Horticultural Society , now 's the time to do it . |
| 15 | If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer . |
| 16 | If you 've been thinking of making domestic changes or improvements , but lacked the money or momentum to set the wheels of change in motion use today to make a start . |
| 17 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I know a lady lawyer who can get you off , even if you 've been going round the shops buying poison , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 20 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 21 | If you 've been gossiping about someone , go to those you gossiped to and try to restore the person 's reputation . |
| 22 | And over the years if you 've been working with the same partner |
| 23 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |
| 24 | ‘ For instance , if you 've been working towards getting a client somewhere to live and they get it and they come back to you and say ‘ Thanks ’ , that is simply amazing , ’ says Frances . |
| 25 | But you 've been dabbling in things that do n't concern you . |
| 26 | I do n't know what 's got into you , but you 've been behaving like a caged lioness all morning . |
| 27 | ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts . |
| 28 | Griddles and flaming wheels seem a pretty soft option when you 've been sitting in pitch darkness with your pants full of scorpions . |
| 29 | In the end , the quacks and medicine men were left with that strange , disembodied feeling you get when you 've been talking for several minutes to someone who is n't there . |