Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 2 | If you 've been thinking about a career in hairdressing and need some professional advice without parting with any cash , the new video from Hair by Alan d may be just the answer . |
| 3 | I 've been thinking like a crook . ’ |
| 4 | This includes women who 've been trying for a test tube baby , have a history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted diseases , have suffered previous ectopic pregnancy , or surgery on their tubes , and those who 've had infertility problems . |
| 5 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 6 | For house physician John Bery , the day begins at Cheltenham General Hospital when he puts on a pedometer.He 's one of a group of doctors who 've been helping in a survey of the distances covered while on duty.Soon Dr Bery is heading for a ward at the opposite end of the hospital.It 's the first of many long walks along the corridors during the day.The problem at Cheltenham general is identical to many other hospitals … where an old Victorian block has been extended with newer buildings forcing doctors to travel great distances from department to department . |
| 7 | → It seems to me , Dave , that you 've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension . |
| 8 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Dr Williams said , ‘ You 've been spoiling for a fight , now you 've got it ’ ’ . |
| 10 | But this thing we 've been doing with an acid and an alkali , most of the bases will do it as well , |
| 11 | The Cult only ever had one truly great riff of their own — ‘ She Sells Sanctuary ’ — but on ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Sonic Temple ’ they at least had the intelligence to plunder the repertoires of The Stones and Zeppelin , here , they sound like they 've been dipping into a library of unreleased Uriah Heep doodlings … uninspired , to say the least . |
| 12 | You 've been sitting behind a desk for too long . |
| 13 | You 've been sitting in a side road waiting to come out , and you see a vehicle coming along and it 's got its left-hand indicator on and you think Oh lovely ! |
| 14 | I know I 've been behaving like a pig , comme un porco , for a bit , but please read all my letters from the Jungle and you 'll see I 'm a changed man . |
| 15 | You 've been behaving like a commodity broker on Black Thursday , have n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been walking for a week . ’ |
| 17 | This is a firm and they 've been going for a number of years . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've been slaving like a scullery maid . ’ |
| 19 | I 've been working for a company that constructs oil rigs and my job involved a lot of moving around . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been working on a report and I 've only just realised how late it is . |
| 21 | Senior Midland area and I 've been working on a job in Coventry which is basically work er what I hope to get mainly out of this course is an increased level of personal confidence so I can overcome basic nervousness when speaking . |
| 22 | Probably wo n't come as a surprise to you , but er , I 've been working on a training system . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been working in a hotel since I left school — up until the flood that was . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've been talking to a lot of people . ’ |
| 25 | Because we 've been talking for a while so had time for it to evaporate . |
| 26 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
| 27 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 28 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been practising with a ball on my own . |
| 30 | So if that management committee decides in a year 's time or two year 's time thank you when when we 've been rolling on a bit and a lot of this has died down that they want a single headed project . |