Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been thinking over past weeks of the little account that we have in the old testament of the life of Ruth . |
| 2 | I 've been reading up on brochs , but when you 're actually there it 's really just the setting that 's so marvellous , and trying to imagine the sort of life they lived . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been hiding there for ages . |
| 4 | Now of what we 've been doing today with fractions was there any of it that you 're not quite sure of and you think , But could you just tell me about that bit again . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been standing outside for ages — wanting to come in , but knowing I should n't . ’ |
| 6 | We 've been going together for ages . |
| 7 | I 've been working mainly on girls ' education really from about eighteen ninety to about nineteen thirty and that 's what has mainly occupied me research wise . |
| 8 | They feel comfortable in bed together — they 've been sleeping together for years after all , and the new-found passion is lovely and exciting . |
| 9 | I 've been waiting here for ages . |
| 10 | ‘ They 've been waiting there for ages , ’ said Gurder . |
| 11 | We 've been cultivating both for centuries . |