Example sentences of "'ve be [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Legal moves have begun to evict thousands of travellers who 've been holding an illegal festival at a beauty spot for the past five days . |
2 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
3 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |
4 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
5 | and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really . |
6 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
7 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
8 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
9 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
10 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
11 | ‘ No doubt you 've been overseeing the physical takeover of your new business ? ’ |
12 | We 've been getting a wee bit of light in now in the mornings , eh ? |
13 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
14 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
15 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
16 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
17 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
18 | You 've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? |
19 | I 've been designing a new collection . ’ |
20 | I 've been employing a similar battle plan in slightly different circumstances and I 've scored at least one tactical victory . |
21 | I 've been feeling a wee bit sick . |
22 | I 've been feeling a wee bit |
23 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
24 | I mean , if I 'd thought there was something really wrong , I 'd have seen that you stayed at home — this makes me feel I 've been driving a sick horse or something " |
25 | ‘ I 've been running three or four miles every day for a week , and using a trampoline at home to build up my fitness , and I 've been keeping a close eye on what I eat . |
26 | I 've been paying a full stamp since nineteen seventy four . |
27 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
28 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
29 | I 've been waiting a long time , watching the roads , asking about new arrivals in the large towns . |
30 | ‘ I 've been studying every spare minute . |