Example sentences of "i 've [been] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been made redundant . |
2 | Let me say first , I 've been nursing psychiatric patients for more than twenty years and I know what I 'm talking about . |
3 | That 's probably why I 've been getting low but it 's something funny . . |
4 | I guess I 've been getting upset for too long when it was n't even necessary . |
5 | ‘ I 've been taking acting lessons at the David Bowie Academy . ’ |
6 | ‘ Recently I 've been copying vocal ideas — particularly the traditional singers of Japan . |
7 | ‘ I 've been writing short stories and poems for years but last year I decided to try and get something published . |
8 | I 've been watching General Secord on CNN in my hotel room . |
9 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
10 | ‘ I 've been hearing great things about you , great things . ’ |
11 | Oh , I 've been hearing strange noises up in the loft lately and I got up there to see what it was . |
12 | ‘ I 've been going mad , ’ he returned in a hoarse voice , ‘ thinking of this ! ’ |
13 | Maybe that 's where I 've been going wrong all this time . |
14 | I have n't exercise like cos I have n't I have n't hardly I 've just er doing everything like , and I 've been working hard but |
15 | It was Charlie 's worst nightmare , he had to go through the public humiliation of denying he had a drink problem and retreated from the court saying , ‘ I 've been found guilty so there 's nothing anyone can do . |
16 | I mean I 've been doing outside jobs to get , you know , I mean , like doing festivals |
17 | I really must finish the rest of it which I have n't done at the moment , because I 've been doing other things . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I 've been doing fair bit more than a lot of them because they |
20 | I 've been feeling delicate all day , what with the trial and everything . |
21 | I 've been feeling headachy and dizzy for a few days now . ’ |
22 | ‘ Carrington , I must admit I never much believed in any of this malarkey , but it looks as if I 've been proved wrong . |
23 | I 've been having wonderful luck ever since May 25th . |