Example sentences of "'ve be [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ I 've been using the front entrance lately . ’ |
3 | and then it 's not disturbing her although we 've been using the bottom bedroom really . |
4 | And can I just comment on one point by Mr , he said about they 've been using the local government erm housing Act . |
5 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
6 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | ‘ No doubt you 've been overseeing the physical takeover of your new business ? ’ |
12 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
13 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
14 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
15 | The Dept of Health says ’ we are aware of the problem and we 've been pressing the medical profession to do something about it for some time . |
16 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
17 | You 've been cutting the bottom part of the grass ? |
18 | If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number |
19 | If you 've been contemplating the unthinkable just because Lemmings did n't look like it was going to make it to the C64 , think again ! |
20 | I arrived on Sunday and I 've been revisiting the old places . |
21 | ‘ I 've been saying the exact same thing with regard to this Mr Wrong she 's so darned keen on . ’ |
22 | I 've been playing the Modern Jazz Quartet 's records over and over again . |
23 | They 've been testing the top-of-the-range model , the one with the voice activated selector , on site … |
24 | ‘ I 've been fighting the inevitable for too long , darling . |