Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We 've all been waiting for you for hours . ’ |
2 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
3 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
5 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
6 | By the way , I 've just been glancing through my fixture list , and it seems to me that the real test of our recent good form will come in December/early January . |
7 | Er in fact I have now , Mr has found the er the report which has actually got the traffic assessment e that we 've just been referring to which is er no western relief road but with in an inner northern road . |
8 | I 've just been thinking about you . " |
9 | I 've just been going through it really , the textbook . |
10 | Now you 've just been describing to us Mr about er your leisure activities etcetera and it was sort of confined to the etcetera . |
11 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
12 | ( We 've just been talking about you . |
13 | Hello my love we 've just been talking about you . |
14 | Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her . |
15 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
16 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
17 | If like one or two of us who are thinking about it you 've already been thinking about it you 've got two or three of these complete already . |
18 | Although I have to confess I 've already been working on it . |
19 | I 've always been skiing with my parents , so I 've been to America to visit friends , and that 's not been like sightseeing , or something , and I just have n't been anywhere , and erm , I mean , I suppose I 've been to a lot more countries than a lot of people who 've , you know , there 's a lot of people who have n't |
20 | But I 've never been talking to you before . |