Example sentences of "you have [been] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Kitty told us you 'd been killed on the Western Front and that was why she ‘ ad to sell 112 . |
| 2 | ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts . |
| 3 | You 've been working on it , Ingrid , yes , with your teacher ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've been bitten on your bottom . |
| 5 | this is how much tax I 've paid , this is , I mean if you go on the dole too unless you 've made a note of it there is no record of how much you 've been paid on the dole , they , they give John the what he calls a giro , takes it to the bank and cashes it and there is no , no record of and when he 's been on the dole . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mr Justice Ognall told him after the verdict at the end of the three-week trial : ‘ You have been convicted on the most clear and compelling evidence of the murder of your wife . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Justice Ognall told him after the verdict at the end of the three-week trial : ‘ You have been convicted on the most clear and compelling evidence of the murder of your wife . |
| 9 | Winnie , you have been , you have been , you have been cheating on me . |
| 10 | Yes you have been doing , you have been working on it yes , yes |
| 11 | Will you , Mr. Speaker , tell the House whether you have been approached on the subject , and , if so , have the Opposition told you why they do not want a statement on it ? |