Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’ |
| 2 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been thinking the same thing . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | I 've been leaving the worst to last . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
| 11 | I 've been using the same box for several years now . |
| 12 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 13 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been fighting the inevitable for too long , darling . |
| 15 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been saying the exact same thing with regard to this Mr Wrong she 's so darned keen on . ’ |
| 17 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 18 | I 've been analysing the two sessions ever since . |
| 19 | I 've been playing the Modern Jazz Quartet 's records over and over again . |
| 20 | ‘ No doubt you 've been overseeing the physical takeover of your new business ? ’ |
| 21 | You 've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? |
| 22 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
| 23 | If you 've been contemplating the unthinkable just because Lemmings did n't look like it was going to make it to the C64 , think again ! |
| 24 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 25 | We can work using the x-form faster than we can the sequence form simply because we 've been using the former for years . |
| 26 | and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really . |
| 27 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 28 | We 've been saying the same thing for the last three years and I 've got the minutes here to prove it . |
| 29 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 30 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |