Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
2 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
3 | And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time . |
4 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
5 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |
6 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
7 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
8 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
9 | I 've been away from my part of the family since I was fifteen . |
10 | ‘ I 've been right through it but there 's no address or anything . |
11 | I 've been right round the lot anyway so that 's jolly good . |
12 | I 've been here for some time . |
13 | I 've been here for about a week now . ’ |
14 | I 've been here for years and this is the first conversation I 've had with a human for simply ages . |
15 | God Almighty , Nan , I 've been here for the past two hours without knowing hair nor hide of you . ’ |
16 | She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph . |
17 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
18 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
19 | I 've been here for nearly a year now . ’ |
20 | Now please tell me if I 'm keeping you , I know I 've been here for a very long time |
21 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
22 | ‘ I 've been here since 8am , and nothing . |
23 | I 'm , I 'm asking , I 've been here since Saturday |
24 | ‘ I 've been here since the end of April , ’ Lynnette replied . |
25 | Even the validity of many of the ‘ I 've been here before ’ experiences is rather doubtful as , with the growth of television and cinema , we have all seen so many places which we may later come to visit . |
26 | Yeah well it 's rare for me to come to the doctor 's but last three week I 've been here like every week , kind of thing . |
27 | ‘ I 've been here in Ralarth a fair while now , ’ he began , and the others stared at him . |
28 | I could easily have been overawed , I 've been thoroughly on edge all week . |
29 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
30 | I 've been inside for over a decade , the fact that I could be out soon cares me . |