Example sentences of "'ve [be] tell [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now go and relax in your dressing-room for a little while — try a few of those deep-breathing exercises you 've been telling me about . |
| 2 | Or perhaps you 've been telling her about when her periods will be due . |
| 3 | I 've been telling her about that and all . |
| 4 | I 've er this , the the er hoe-down , I 've been advertising since before Christmas er and er although we did n't inform the members till about three weeks ago something like that er I 've been telling everybody about it and I 've had more response from non-members than I 've had from members for it . |
| 5 | There are some things in this that obviously we can support , the delete or reduction in the contingency pros p provision to a hundred thousand pounds , we 're going to be moving later on to delete even that amount but it 's surprising you were telling us you 've been telling us for years you have to have two hundred thousand pounds in the contingency . |
| 6 | But er interestingly , the Americans have just put er more tax on to their gas for , for different reasons admittedly , and er the environmentalists er always feel happy about that because they 've been the ones who 've been telling us for years that er petrol is if anything underpriced , and that we 're rather profligate in the way that we use it , so er at least some people are happy out of this , not everybody , but it , but er it 's making some people happier . |
| 7 | And then one day , they 've been telling you for years , You ca n't do that . |
| 8 | ‘ The niece , the one I 've been telling you about . |
| 9 | You 've put me down for holidays in September and I 've been telling you about the cruise in October for months . |
| 10 | Not thousands , just four of them , each with two of these legs I 've been telling you about . |
| 11 | Not that she 'll recognize ye , her sight 's none too good , but we 've been tellin' her for days ye 'd be coming . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 've been told one in 10 couples is infertile but they ca n't be in your street , can they ? |