Example sentences of "[adv] you have be [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 For far too long you 've been hiding your light under a bushel .
2 So to find out how much you 've used , you 've got to multiply it by how long you 've been using it for .
3 Potential regional final hosts should tell us how long you 've been running exemption shows and give as much background information as possible .
4 So he 's realized how long you 've been waiting ?
5 Then they continue , they hand you the tape , you ask them a few questions , like what the band 's called , how long you 've been working together , and bla bla bla , and then erm , I think I I 'm actually doing it with Kent and James and they 're not thick .
6 Or perhaps you 've been telling her about when her periods will be due .
7 Perhaps you 've been overdoing the yoghurt and grapefruit , ’ said Alex .
8 Oh perhaps you 've been saying what other
9 ‘ I hoped that perhaps you had been doing something for the welfare of these poor peoples , ’ persisted Daisy .
10 Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ?
11 So you 've been sketching them ?
12 So you 've been educating yourself again . ’
13 So you 've been shopping what else ?
14 Perhaps you 'd care to enlighten me as to what exactly you 've been doing ? ’
15 Just lately you 've been treating me as though … as though you hated me , you 've been so angry , so biting … ’
16 Being in the habit of eating a generous quantity of food — the more you have been eating the greater the initial weight loss impact when you switch to a slimming diet .
17 The troughs are realising you have forgotten something you learned right at the beginning , finding out you have been saying ‘ taste ’ instead of ‘ try ’ for six months , falling asleep over vocabulary , believing you are ready to understand speeches without help and discovering you are not , being corrected by another non-native speaker who has been at it the same time as you , and taking an hour to tell a Lada joke .
18 Now , now you 've been working in the area of AIDS for some time now , do you think that the message is getting through ?
19 So let's look at now you 've been doing I noticed today you 'd been doing differentiating products .
20 Now you 've been doing this for 25 years , that 's quite a long stint is n't it ?
21 So far you have been finding the highest number that can be divided into each example without leaving a remainder .
22 So let's look at now you 've been doing I noticed today you 'd been doing differentiating products .
23 and then you were inveigled to the R and D and then you inveigled to become a Vice Chair , and today you 've been handling the ceremony so well , we 've had to keep you in cotton wool to make sure that er , that you kept your health .
24 Well you 've been picking your clothes up are you ?
25 Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks .
26 Well you have been camping there once and that 's enough
27 ‘ I thought maybe you 'd been avoiding me . ’
28 And then maybe you 've been thinking of putting double that
29 Let's see how you 've been getting on .
30 Well how you 've been doing this week ?
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