Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been writing a book . |
2 | ‘ I 've been writing a book . ’ |
3 | Cos I 've been asked a question before |
4 | I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards . |
5 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
6 | ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’ |
7 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |
8 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
9 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
10 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
11 | I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’ |
12 | I 've been using a Strat on and off for about five years , and we also hired in Telecasters , Rickenbacker 12-strings , all kinds of stuff . |
13 | . You 've been using a brush instead of a spatula for spreading glue . |
14 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
15 | ‘ I 've been using a Les Paul Gold Top for a long time — a ‘ 59 reissue with P-90s — but I 've got this unfortunate habit of getting pissed off onstage and tossing the odd guitar , so rather than risk the Gold Top any more I 've bought one of these new Hamers , which is styled after a '50s Les Paul Special . |
16 | I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’ |
17 | and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend |
18 | Never mind , she said to me this morning , she said I 've been to see a friend of yours , I said well who 's that ? |
19 | Puts them on notice that you 've been to see a solicitor . |
20 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
21 | I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys . |
22 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
23 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
24 | ‘ I 've been wanting a chat with Arthur , ’ he had said gleefully . |
25 | yes , I got a bit tired out because erm somebody mentioned table tennis and I said oh I 've been wanting a game for years ! |
26 | Yeah , well as I say , sometimes I go along while in between but I I think it 's more or less when when I 've been aggravated a bit , you know what I mean ? |
27 | We 've been sent a sample , and inside there 's a very posh-looking Seiko quartz guitar tuner , a nice blue T-shirt , a set of Picato ‘ All Steel ’ electric guitar strings , a good quality lead in a violent shade of green , a set of pitchpipes , a miniature enamel guitar badge , a pegwinder , a classic ‘ Cadillac bumper ’ capo , a red nylon-weave strap and a can of that excessively useful Fastfret stuff . |
28 | ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod . |
29 | They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 . |
30 | Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers . |