Example sentences of "you have been [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Anyone would think you 'd been offered the leading role in the latest Spielberg epic , for God 's sake , you 're supposed to be depressed or something . |
| 2 | ‘ No doubt you 've been overseeing the physical takeover of your new business ? ’ |
| 3 | You 've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? |
| 4 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
| 5 | If you 've been contemplating the unthinkable just because Lemmings did n't look like it was going to make it to the C64 , think again ! |
| 6 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 7 | Being in the habit of eating a generous quantity of food — the more you have been eating the greater the initial weight loss impact when you switch to a slimming diet . |
| 8 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 9 | At this point , your chances of success are actually considerably reduced , since a power on recovery requires a different technique to a power off landing- and you have been practising the wrong thing ! |
| 10 | So far you have been finding the highest number that can be divided into each example without leaving a remainder . |