Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never had had them , and we 've been criticized recently by the Inspector , because of that . |
| 2 | They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 4 | Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
| 6 | I 've been thinking today of the time I took Piers and Antoinette to meet him . |
| 7 | I 've been called in to the Museum during the night or at weekends for a variety of reasons . |
| 8 | ‘ Never , but I 've been reading up on the history . ’ |
| 9 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been tuned in to the local station , ’ he said shortly . |
| 12 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 13 | We 've been ploughing all over the grass ! |
| 14 | Also over here in the new year are URGE OVERKILL , who 've been spurred on by the success of their last two singles , ‘ Faroutski ’ and ‘ Ticket to LA' . |
| 15 | Also over here in the new year are URGE OVERKILL , who 've been spurred on by the success of their last two singles , ‘ Faroutski ’ and ‘ Ticket to LA' . |
| 16 | Er , you 've been fiddling about at the back where it breaks yeah , did you tell Ken ? |
| 17 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 18 | It 's like I 've been dragged out of the pub and into a bloody video nasty . |
| 19 | I 've been dragged in by the Old Bill twice and your pet grizzly bear Nevil is making life very uncomfortable for people I know . |
| 20 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |
| 21 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 22 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 23 | I 've been doing well for the last week , but I took this heavy cold , well from Thursday , since I 've took this heavy cold I 've hardly smoked . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 've been travelling hopefully in the meanwhile , ’ he said , ‘ and I 've got my first catalogue and two books ready . ’ |
| 25 | No I 've been picked out by the British Market Research Bureau |
| 26 | Or some of the time I 've been sitting there in the bed feeding the baby , you know |
| 27 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 28 | It 's essential to erm , to what you 've been going through in the last , in the last few lectures . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been going out with the same person for five years , ’ he reveals . |
| 30 | Mm , I mean we 've been going out in the daytime , when the weather 's |