Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But South Africa are a much better team than they 've been given credit for , and they are getting better with every match .
2 I 've been taking chlorambucil for six days now and the lumps are diminishing with staggering rapidity .
3 THEY 'VE been making room for murder at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford this week , and proved that given the right stage , crime certainly does pay .
4 ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on .
5 I 've been keeping watch for a week or two .
6 Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage .
7 After a lengthy campaign they 've been offered compensation for drop in value of their homes .
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