Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've all been trucking along for so long on the back of the post-war consensus ( more growth , more production , more consumption , more jobs , more energy , more roads , more hospitals , more rubbish , etc ) , that most people are understandably reluctant to get off the treadmill — even though they can see it 's falling to pieces . |
| 2 | From then on I 've just been going around from city to city causing trouble , more or less . |
| 3 | Because you , you 've just been going on about going abroad |
| 4 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 5 | And we 've generally been moving already with our big investment that we 've already got in Child Care , let's not forget that , towards this philosophy of that 's enshrined in the Children Act , which is building up parental responsibility and encouraging and supporting parents containing their own children , rather than being forced to give them up . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , Pip , ’ replied Joe , ‘ how we 've both been looking forward to working together . |
| 7 | I 've really been looking forward to flying — it will be my first time on a plane . ’ |