Example sentences of "we 've been [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent weeks we 've been taking a look at our Sussex heritage , and asking questions about conservation and preservation in our county . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 3 | The first thing I learnt more or less was thkarni which means — well she said it meant — this white stork we 've been seeing a lot of . |
| 4 | We 've been sent a sample , and inside there 's a very posh-looking Seiko quartz guitar tuner , a nice blue T-shirt , a set of Picato ‘ All Steel ’ electric guitar strings , a good quality lead in a violent shade of green , a set of pitchpipes , a miniature enamel guitar badge , a pegwinder , a classic ‘ Cadillac bumper ’ capo , a red nylon-weave strap and a can of that excessively useful Fastfret stuff . |
| 5 | We 've been driving a car like this for years . |
| 6 | She said bef , you know , she said before oh yeah , you know , when we 've been having a joke she said oh God I could do with a break from work she said , oh yeah ! |
| 7 | Aye , we we 've been having a lot of trouble with the people next door , and er |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
| 9 | We 've been concentrating a lot maintain the links with the with the university and the St James . |
| 10 | We 've been following a group through in Glasgow who 've been H , on H R T now for twenty three years ! |
| 11 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |