Example sentences of "you [verb] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At school there 's always the two or three girls in the class that you know are sleeping with guys , and they had no qualms about it . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been listening at keyholes , have you ? |
| 3 | But you 've been dabbling in things that do n't concern you . |
| 4 | You 've been raving about galleons and sea creatures . ’ |
| 5 | You 've been straining at gnats , Jesus said , and yet , you 've allowed the big issues to go by without bothering with them . |
| 6 | yes you 've been promising for weeks |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 8 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 9 | The , the direct debits that you 've been paying for years but you 're not sure where they go to , that sort of thing ? |
| 10 | Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? * |
| 11 | ‘ Your uncle Orrin tells us that you have been missing for months , not travelling with the Parslows as we thought , and when you surface again you have the gall to question us . ’ |