Example sentences of "'ve [been] [v-ing] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been looking into your background and there 's a few things there I do n't think you 'd like to come out . ’ |
| 2 | Well so much for the sea surface temperatures of the past , but we 've been looking at our records of the compounds in the sediments even more carefully and what we 've seen in there are molecular fingerprints which do not match those of the marine organisms . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been looking at your expense account , Brian , ’ says Vic , turning over a small pile of bills and receipts . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been looking after my aunt , sir , who 's just died . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Whoever it is , I 've been looking in your books and you have n't got your name in your books . |
| 6 | I 'm 40 , I 've been living with my fiancé , who 's the same age , for three years and I think the world of him . |
| 7 | Q I 've been living with my boyfriend for three years , and we have two children , Liam , aged two and Jade , six months . |
| 8 | Peacock said : ‘ I 've been thinking about our commanding officer . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been thinking about my birthday party for weeks . |
| 10 | I 've been sifting through my daily routine and I 've turned up quite a handsome collection of finely-wrought deceits cultivated over the years . |
| 11 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
| 12 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been dealing with your affairs for some considerable time , Jenna , ’ he pointed out , as if it had been a dreadful chore wished on him by some unseen and malevolent spirit . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been hearing about his reputation as a lady-killer , ’ Charlotte admitted . |
| 15 | I 've been staying at her place for some weeks now , in order to help her maintain the tight control on her blood sugar that 's so vital , especially in the first three months , but that 's becoming impractical . |
| 16 | If you 're opting for a perm or colour , always tell your hairdresser what you 've been doing to your hair . |
| 17 | ‘ While you 've been sitting on your intellectual arses alternately pitying yourselves and the so-called workers , it 's my hard work , my money that 's been keeping this country — ’ Stalking off indoors ; the door shuts . |
| 18 | Every time I 've passed the studio you 've been sitting with your head bent , scribbling away . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've been crawling through my barbed wire ! ’ |
| 20 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 21 | But surely to if you 've been working with your partner for a long time he 's gon na it anyway |
| 22 | The students are coming to the end of their additional assessments now : they 've been working on their projects since December . |
| 23 | I 've been working on her image for some time now . |
| 24 | I 've been working in our infirmary for quite a while now , that is , when I 'm not having my ordinary lessons . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been working in my surgery , perhaps we could talk there . ’ |
| 26 | I see me I 've been coming off my and she turned round and says , No . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been talking to my wife . |
| 28 | ‘ I know you 've been sleeping with my husband . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been concentrating on my technique , so soon I could try working straight on to the plate . |
| 30 | ‘ Since the turn of the year — and not before ! — I 've been concentrating on my retirement , while my wife Irene continues part-time mid-wifery , ’ says Bob . |