Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | You 've been watching the Americans , they , cos the Americans , why do American police officers carry guns ? |
2 | And I 've seen the look in your eyes recently when you 've been watching the singers on stage . |
3 | Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood ! |
4 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
5 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
6 | ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’ |
7 | We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
8 | Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion . |
9 | I sometimes join them , if their smell is n't too gamey , and exchange the time of day during my lunch hour , just to make sure that I still have the use of my voice if I 've been feeding the archive into the computer all day . |
10 | I do n't wish to hear from them on my return that you 've been airing the kind of sentiments I heard from you today . " |
11 | I 've been using the Strats for four or five years ; it 's nice to have that more defined sound , and more variety of tone than the Ibanez and Gibsons I used to use . |
12 | We 've been using the words SOH CAH TOA to help remember these . |
13 | I 've been using the Lazer ever since , except for playing slide , when I still use the Firebird . ’ |
14 | I 've been to take the registers there to hill |
15 | I do n't think they 've been to take the photographs yet |
16 | I 've been to see the magician said Tim . |
17 | ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now … |
18 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
19 | ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food . |
20 | I 've been deadheading the roses ; there is such a wonderful profusion of colours this year now that the new bushes have settled in , especially the big white one which I 'm sure you remember . |
21 | You 've been reading the programme as well . |
22 | It is no coincidence either that members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe appear in UK adverts for Carhartt : they 've been wearing the gear for ages . |
23 | They 've been charting the progress of Rob Coles throughout the British Steel challenge … possibly the toughest seafaring test he 'll ever experience . |
24 | And I 've been mowing the lawn . |
25 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
26 | ‘ For nearly two months I 've been counting the days until I would see you again . |
27 | I 've been scouring the papers , and there 's no mention . ’ |
28 | Erm I was rather interested by the comparisons which you explained a little earlier in the evidence erm if you 've got an aircraft which is er going to replace , as I understand it the Jaguar and the Phantom which has already been retired , er against which you 've been comparing the F three er and the G R four of the tornados and the harriers , then er that gives rise in my mind to the possibility that this is an aircraft which might replace all of these , in which case will that have consequences for the still er publicly declared intention to order two hundred and fifty , might we order more for example ? |
29 | ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account . |
30 | " I 've been given the brush … |