Example sentences of "'ve be [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
| 2 | Oh I du n no , I 've been looking at a few , not that probably , not in the top ten |
| 3 | I 've been saving for a long time with Alma |
| 4 | I 've been pushing for a long time but erm down here ? |
| 5 | Aggie 's friend knows about him , but , as he said , they ca n't pin anything on to him ; they 've been tryin' for a long time . |
| 6 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 7 | I know times I get it , like maybe just at one side , if I 've been sitting in a hard seat |
| 8 | I do n't know what 's got into you , but you 've been behaving like a caged lioness all morning . |
| 9 | I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life ! |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been working like a Trojan all day ! ’ |
| 11 | The other thing we do sort of every now and then , and next time will be Easter , we actually have some people in costume who actually reoccupy the house over Waster weekend in this case as as the household of William and they 've been coming for a long time now and they 've got set into the set into their roles quite well . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been coming as a mere visitor . |
| 13 | It shows what we 've been saying for a long time , how fragile the markets in this recycling are , and I still stick to what I 've thought all along , that marketing comes first and making the product comes second . |