Example sentences of "you [vb base] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean you 've been talking about — what was she called ? — Inez — the mother of Matthew 's children ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You mean you 've been investigating them ? ’ |
| 3 | You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ? |
| 4 | She 's very lovely and I 'm sure she kisses like a veteran , but if you mean he 's been sleeping with her , no ! |
| 5 | It is only when you stop scanning the horizon for monumental shapes that you realise they have been looming unnoticed in the foreground all along . |
| 6 | Erm I think it 's somewhere down near where the Road police station is now , and erm you know they had been hoping to get premises down there . |
| 7 | well you know we 've been reading stories , little ones , that was only two I could find but there were n't any stories |
| 8 | Well I I think er it 's it 's quite hard to talk about it but er cer I th I think people were grieved that the bonus system that had been going since the quarry was started up again by 's father was gon na be scrapped with really no consultation with the workers if you like , and I think everybody thought that you know we 'd been producing a lot of slate and been paid well for it previously and he should leave well alone . |
| 9 | ‘ You know you 've been wanting to meet someone of your own age . ’ |
| 10 | I said you know you 've been having them cherries ? |
| 11 | You know she 's been hiding her light under a bushel , a bush . |
| 12 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 13 | ‘ I just wanted to you know I 've been thinking of you . ’ |
| 14 | And you know I 've been sitting an hour . |
| 15 | I have you know I 've been going round and testing how many miles per galleon you can get out of it |
| 16 | As you know I have been meeting every two weeks with all the staff in the Economic Development Team , and discussing with them each stage of the process . |
| 17 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 18 | Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . |
| 19 | Another of the things you ca n't say is ‘ Now look here , honeybunch , I know what you think we 've been doing , but we have n't . |
| 20 | In case you think I have been having a merry old time , I 'd better tell you also that I have been staying up to the small hours as there has been such a lot of preparation to do , and the course participants have also been keen to make use of our presence by asking all kinds of questions about English etc. , so this is literally the first free time I have been able to make since I have been here . |
| 21 | You 've you 've been scratching then ? |
| 22 | You see he 's been paying us certificates been you know . |
| 23 | He said , well you see I 've been smoking . |