Example sentences of "'ve be [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You 've been watching the Americans , they , cos the Americans , why do American police officers carry guns ?
2 And I 've seen the look in your eyes recently when you 've been watching the singers on stage .
3 Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood !
4 Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know .
5 Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges .
6 ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’
7 We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’
8 Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion .
9 I sometimes join them , if their smell is n't too gamey , and exchange the time of day during my lunch hour , just to make sure that I still have the use of my voice if I 've been feeding the archive into the computer all day .
10 I do n't wish to hear from them on my return that you 've been airing the kind of sentiments I heard from you today . "
11 I 've been using the Strats for four or five years ; it 's nice to have that more defined sound , and more variety of tone than the Ibanez and Gibsons I used to use .
12 We 've been using the words SOH CAH TOA to help remember these .
13 I 've been using the Lazer ever since , except for playing slide , when I still use the Firebird . ’
14 I 've been to take the registers there to hill
15 I do n't think they 've been to take the photographs yet
16 I 've been to see the magician said Tim .
17 ‘ I 've been to see the family ; I 've kept away until now …
18 ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision .
19 ‘ I 've been to see the dog , ’ Anabelle replied , and told him about taking away the dog 's food .
20 I 've been deadheading the roses ; there is such a wonderful profusion of colours this year now that the new bushes have settled in , especially the big white one which I 'm sure you remember .
21 You 've been reading the programme as well .
22 It is no coincidence either that members of the Boo-Yaa Tribe appear in UK adverts for Carhartt : they 've been wearing the gear for ages .
23 They 've been charting the progress of Rob Coles throughout the British Steel challenge … possibly the toughest seafaring test he 'll ever experience .
24 And I 've been mowing the lawn .
25 You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here .
26 ‘ For nearly two months I 've been counting the days until I would see you again .
27 I 've been scouring the papers , and there 's no mention . ’
28 Erm I was rather interested by the comparisons which you explained a little earlier in the evidence erm if you 've got an aircraft which is er going to replace , as I understand it the Jaguar and the Phantom which has already been retired , er against which you 've been comparing the F three er and the G R four of the tornados and the harriers , then er that gives rise in my mind to the possibility that this is an aircraft which might replace all of these , in which case will that have consequences for the still er publicly declared intention to order two hundred and fifty , might we order more for example ?
29 ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account .
30 " I 've been given the brush
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