Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 2 | We will have to , by law , respond to them , but you ca n't see the Children Act outside of the context of what we 're already doing with our other Children 's Services , as you know from previous discussions we 've had and from keeping track in the papers , over the last eighteen months we 've been recruiting more foster carers , reducing the number of children 's homes , developing preventative services rather than receiving children into care . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been told more flattering things before , ’ he responded , semi-serious . |
| 4 | They 've been brought up different way have n't they . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're picking clients up left , right and centre from all sorts of people who 've been charging pretty fancy fees and really failing to do any better than we do , ’ says Michael Read , head of the private client department . |