Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been writing a book . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been writing a book . ’ |
| 3 | Cos I 've been asked a question before |
| 4 | I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’ |
| 7 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |
| 8 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
| 9 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
| 11 | . You 've been using a brush instead of a spatula for spreading glue . |
| 12 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
| 13 | I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’ |
| 14 | and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend |
| 15 | Never mind , she said to me this morning , she said I 've been to see a friend of yours , I said well who 's that ? |
| 16 | Puts them on notice that you 've been to see a solicitor . |
| 17 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 18 | I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been wanting a chat with Arthur , ’ he had said gleefully . |
| 21 | yes , I got a bit tired out because erm somebody mentioned table tennis and I said oh I 've been wanting a game for years ! |
| 22 | Yeah , well as I say , sometimes I go along while in between but I I think it 's more or less when when I 've been aggravated a bit , you know what I mean ? |
| 23 | We 've been sent a sample , and inside there 's a very posh-looking Seiko quartz guitar tuner , a nice blue T-shirt , a set of Picato ‘ All Steel ’ electric guitar strings , a good quality lead in a violent shade of green , a set of pitchpipes , a miniature enamel guitar badge , a pegwinder , a classic ‘ Cadillac bumper ’ capo , a red nylon-weave strap and a can of that excessively useful Fastfret stuff . |
| 24 | ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod . |
| 25 | They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 . |
| 26 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |
| 27 | If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been given a transfer . |
| 29 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 30 | You 've been given a reprieve . |