Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
2 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |
3 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
4 | Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks . |
5 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
6 | 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 ? |
7 | 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 . |