Example sentences of "[vb base] you [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | " I expect you 've been watching those " Bleakland " programmes , have n't you , Grandmother ? " |
2 | Imagine you had been living on bread and water for three years and then someone put a large bowl of cherries on the table in front of you . |
3 | I hope you have been receiving mail from me . |
4 | ‘ So you still deny you 've been sleeping with Garry ? ’ |
5 | ‘ You mean you 've been investigating them ? ’ |
6 | I think , I think the other thing is as well though is that when you , I mean you 've been sitting pensions cos I mean I had the P H I which I thought it was easier to actually describe erm but erm it 's easy for us to actually sit back and , and go back on everything that everyth er everybody else did wrong is n't it , so |
7 | ‘ You mean you 've been talking about — what was she called ? — Inez — the mother of Matthew 's children ? ’ |
8 | ‘ I trust you 've been rehearsing at home . ’ |
9 | Before you start trying to watch home movies on your PC , remember that although Microsoft is kind enough to include a very basic multi media player and recorder ( both illustrated ) as part of the standard Windows desktop , in order to go some way towards true multi media you need a few more things : a windows multi media extension , a CD-ROM drive , a sound card and probably a new monitor , not to mention that faster machine you 've been promising yourself . |
10 | I know you 've been seeing my Josephine and I 've heard you brag about it , you cocky little bastard . |
11 | ‘ You know you 've been wanting to meet someone of your own age . ’ |
12 | Ooh I know you 've been licking it . |
13 | ‘ I know you 've been sleeping with my husband . ’ |
14 | I know you 've been investigating that horrible Martin man , even though you 've tried to keep it quiet , so here you are . ’ |
15 | I said you know you 've been having them cherries ? |
16 | Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? * |
17 | I hear you 've been looking at Eggle guitars … |
18 | ‘ We hear you 've been selling Victor carthorses . |
19 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
20 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him . |
21 | Fastext for quick access to teletext and a full function infra-red remote control make this small portable the second set you 've been waiting for ! |
22 | ‘ I suppose you 've been speaking against her ? ’ he added angrily to Joseph Poorgrass . |
23 | ‘ I suppose you 've been reading all about it in the papers ? ’ |
24 | I suppose you 've been watching that as well . |
25 | I suppose you 've been whistling today |
26 | He prodded once more his attaché case — which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from — and said : ‘ I suppose you 've been wondering why I never let go of this case . |
27 | ‘ I guess you 've been seeing all the sights , same as we have ? |
28 | I understand you 've been socializing quite a lot with the Italians over the last twenty four hours or so . |
29 | In the meantime , I understand you have been trying to find out how the Carmel Woods inquiry went . |
30 | I understand you have been nursing ’ — she glanced at a note — ‘ Mr William Charles Francis since Saturday night ? ’ |