Example sentences of "'ve [been] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legal moves have begun to evict thousands of travellers who 've been holding an illegal festival at a beauty spot for the past five days . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been thinking the same thing . |
| 3 | Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed . |
| 4 | As a project engineer , I 've been using a similar document for about the last six months . |
| 5 | I 've n I 've been using the other keyboard all on the X T and I ca n't get used to this one yet . |
| 6 | We can work using the x-form faster than we can the sequence form simply because we 've been using the former for years . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
| 8 | I 've been using the same box for several years now . |
| 9 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 10 | and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really . |
| 11 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
| 12 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 13 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |
| 14 | ‘ No , I 've been freelancing the last couple of years . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been learning the ancient Japanese martial art of san tu dang for about 10 years now and that helps me keep my weight constant . |
| 16 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 17 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 18 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
| 19 | Well but I mean , Brian was saying himself you know he ca n't remember at least he 's says he 's been working down London when he has n't been earning a hundred pound a day you know , it 's something , we just accepted it , he said over the years I 've been earning a hundred pound a day he says , and that was it you know yo yo just do . |
| 20 | I 've been dating a wonderful chick for two years now but she 's just too frigid , sex is out of the question so one night I masturbated and pulled too hard on the sensitive part of my penis , now the tissues around the foreskin are swollen and septic but I 'm too distressed and embarrassed to see a doctor and my f girlfriend wants nothing to do with me , I find it hard to urinate what can I do ? |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 22 | ‘ No doubt you 've been overseeing the physical takeover of your new business ? ’ |
| 23 | Well I I 've been sent a local |
| 24 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 25 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 26 | I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb . |
| 27 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 28 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 29 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 30 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |