Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 2 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 3 | ‘ But I am a bit disappointed that while we 've been appealing for new directors nobody from the town has come forward . ’ |
| 4 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 6 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |
| 7 | And I 've been living for seven years ! |
| 8 | They 've been marching with full-time soldiers in Horseguards Parade . |
| 9 | Right they 've er they 've been preaching against Spanish slates . |
| 10 | This month I 've been inundated with more questions about dog foods , and feeding in general . |
| 11 | I 've been thinking about these requests for miracles . |
| 12 | I 've been thinking about these blinds for such a long time . |
| 13 | We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay . |
| 14 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I 've been reading about these waves . ’ |
| 16 | Everything they have in that shop is better than the one you 've been wearing for ten years . |
| 17 | In a quiet , gentle , but troubled voice , Cardiff said , ‘ You 've been gone for twenty-six years , Barbara . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Lucky devil , I 've been trying for eight years and still have n't cracked it yet . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been trying for forty years and the margin of error 's still about eighty per cent . ’ |
| 20 | You 've been made for other things than politics and intrigue . ’ |
| 21 | are napkins that we 've been buying in antique fairs . |
| 22 | they 've been done for many years |
| 23 | We 've also included in there , on item twelve , a net bill item , but does need to be recognized as an addition to your total spending , and that is , you 've been involved for many years with the health authority in arranging for the discharge of people from long-stay hospitals , and their absorption into the community , and each of these are a provider of many services , and daycare services to those particular individuals . |
| 24 | We 've been bugged for 10 years by a reputation for extremism and division , which we 're just getting rid of . |
| 25 | FG : Would you say you 've been influenced by similar painters ? |
| 26 | Allow your tiles to acclimatise at room temperature for at least 24 hours before laying — especially if they 've been stored in cold conditions |
| 27 | Does it make them any weaker because they 've been adopted by young women who dislike the feminist label or by the ‘ I 'm not a feminist but ’ brigade ? |
| 28 | I mean you 've had Sue , Sue for example tied up on and all those sort of issues , Bob 's been dealing with pr pension conversions and stuff like that for , for months on end , so we 've been dealing with other projects , all that 's happened is the work has been redirected onto a different type of project . |
| 29 | ‘ But we 've been separated for four years , ’ she reminded him in a more reasonable tone . |
| 30 | He , too , married a girl of his own milieu ; they 've been separated for many years . |