Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | You 're soft on those who 've been treated badly by life — and if you 're not very careful it might well be you . ’ |
2 | come home from work she said I 've been looking round in Boots and that for you , she said er I 've decided , she said I was gon na get you a gift voucher . |
3 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to meeting you too , ’ she answered , which was true . |
4 | At long last you 've got a spare half hour to play that adventure you 've been looking forward to ! |
5 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to this , ’ Stephen announced with a kind of childish glee . |
6 | I 've been looking forward to seeing you so much . |
7 | I 've been looking forward to this visit for a long time for that reason . |
8 | ‘ Do you know all the way here I 've been looking forward to your particular brand of polite conversation ? |
9 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to seeing you , ’ he said , coming up close so I could smell him . |
10 | ‘ Dr Blake — Lindsey — I 've been looking forward to meeting you . |
11 | ‘ I 've been looking forward to meeting you , ’ she smiled . |
12 | You 've been looking forward to this wedding for days now . |
13 | I 've been looking out for you . " |
14 | Yes , the hindquarter double-muscled trait is important and is the breed 's main attribute , but we 've been looking too for stock with good overall conformation , with loin and fleshing that we feel is vital to any successful terminal sire breed . |
15 | ‘ I 've been looking everywhere for you . ’ |
16 | I 've been looking everywhere for you . |
17 | ‘ I 've been looking everywhere for you , ’ Helen snapped . |
18 | Darling , I 've been looking everywhere for you ! ’ |
19 | Where 've you been Ray , I 've been looking everywhere for you ? |
20 | We never had had them , and we 've been criticized recently by the Inspector , because of that . |
21 | They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years . |
22 | I 've been saving up towards a Christmas food hamper all year and now it 's arrived I 'm very disappointed with it . |
23 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
24 | And I 'm effectively shut up because I 've been kicked out of my job and a ] so because you do n't seem to have heard a word I 've been saying . ’ |
25 | What we have done , when they 've been cut off with erm electricity in particular , erm we liaise with D H S S for them to help their erm to get their their deductions made a at a level which does n't leave them erm you know too short of money . |
26 | And that 's what they 've been cut off for . |
27 | Doreen hastened towards them , her face contorted with anger as she exclaimed , ‘ Silas — I 've been searching everywhere for you . |
28 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
29 | Mrs Probyn 's husband has told police that the pair , who 've been living apart for several months , had a row . |
30 | Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’ |