Example sentences of "and [adv] [pron] 've [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and literally I 've been working |
| 2 | We both wanted to win , I said , and now we 've been saved from temptation . |
| 3 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 4 | ‘ And now you 've been warned off , which confirms your suspicions . ’ |
| 5 | Various episodes in his life end in cliff-hangers , a la Neighbours and Dallas , and often I 've been asked whether a certain story line has advanced any further . |
| 6 | And today I 've been feeling down . |
| 7 | and then you were inveigled to the R and D and then you inveigled to become a Vice Chair , and today you 've been handling the ceremony so well , we 've had to keep you in cotton wool to make sure that er , that you kept your health . |
| 8 | Well , they were perching on the erm chimneys of that one and then they 've been coming they 're gon na be swooping round up not actually low but above it , about fly to the bathroom then spread up , turning a circle , coming down and going past my window and land |
| 9 | Yes and then they 've were forked up in the carts , what the bogeys are nowadays , and then they would have made stacks and stack yet . |
| 10 | I 've had sickness , no I have n't had sickness , I 'm telling lies , I 've had diarrhoea and then I 've been constipated and then violent pains and terrible |
| 11 | I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines . |
| 12 | And yet they 've been using enormous amounts of their own resources , both finance and , and manpower resources and expertise to make life easier for , for the people who are going through their country . |
| 13 | I suppose it helps both , does n't it , really , because if you 're trying to catch the teacher out , that means you 've got to know your lesson pretty well , because otherwise if you try to catch the teacher out and yet you 've been proved wrong , you 've had it really . |
| 14 | Ever since we met , my dear , so gently and subtly you 've been teaching me , you and Miguelito , and instead of thanking you I had this attack of childish pique and blamed you for hurting my feelings ! |