Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
| 32 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 33 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
| 34 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 35 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
| 36 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
| 37 | You 've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? |
| 38 | I 've been analysing the two sessions ever since . |
| 39 | I 've been designing a new collection . ’ |
| 40 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
| 41 | I 've been feeling a wee bit sick . |
| 42 | I 've been feeling a wee bit |
| 43 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
| 44 | I mean , if I 'd thought there was something really wrong , I 'd have seen that you stayed at home — this makes me feel I 've been driving a sick horse or something " |
| 45 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 46 | If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number |
| 47 | ‘ I 've been running three or four miles every day for a week , and using a trampoline at home to build up my fitness , and I 've been keeping a close eye on what I eat . |
| 48 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
| 49 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
| 50 | We 've been saying the same thing for the last three years and I 've got the minutes here to prove it . |
| 51 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
| 52 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 53 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
| 54 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I 've been studying every spare minute . |
| 56 | 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 ? |
| 57 | I 've been playing the Modern Jazz Quartet 's records over and over again . |
| 58 | For over a year now we 've been running a major initiative which is a systematic review of all our Sainsburys brand packaging to see where we can minimise the use of materials , but still allow the packaging to do the job of protecting the product and preserving it . |
| 59 | They 've been testing the top-of-the-range model , the one with the voice activated selector , on site … |
| 60 | You 'll soon get the hang of it — once you 've been caught a few times you 'll suss out the attack patterns — but until you do , frustration is high . |