Example sentences of "you have [been] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 2 | When you 've been having a few beers , and clowning around having a bit of a larf , and then you go onstage and sing earnest , sensitive songs full of emotion and heartbreak and loneliness , do you ever feel like fakes ? |
| 3 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 5 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
| 6 | If you have been following a normal varied British pattern of eating you have probably been consuming less dietary fibre than you need for health protection , but it is unlikely that you are deficient in minerals and vitamins . |
| 7 | Have you not read novels , been to the cinema and watched the hero and heroine embracing and realized you have been missing a great deal ? |
| 8 | To get a true feeling for the plan it should also be applied to the Principal because although you have been paying a fixed amount in each month the value of this has also decreased due to inflation . |