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

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1 I 've been writing a book .
2 ‘ I 've been writing a book . ’
3 Cos I 've been asked a question before
4 I have , I 've been asked a lot in the last twenty odd years and it 's only just recently that I 've seriously considered it , which is why I 've made this new album , Midnight Postcards .
5 ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’
6 ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’
7 All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’
8 But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club .
9 ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’
10 ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’
11 I use the TC Electronics 2290 for chorus and delay and I 've been using a PCM 70 for reverb , but I just got this new reverb from Real Tube . ’
12 I 've been using a Strat on and off for about five years , and we also hired in Telecasters , Rickenbacker 12-strings , all kinds of stuff .
13 . You 've been using a brush instead of a spatula for spreading glue .
14 I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results .
15 ‘ I 've been using a Les Paul Gold Top for a long time — a ‘ 59 reissue with P-90s — but I 've got this unfortunate habit of getting pissed off onstage and tossing the odd guitar , so rather than risk the Gold Top any more I 've bought one of these new Hamers , which is styled after a '50s Les Paul Special .
16 I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’
17 and she said oh , she said I 've been to see a friend
18 Never mind , she said to me this morning , she said I 've been to see a friend of yours , I said well who 's that ?
19 Puts them on notice that you 've been to see a solicitor .
20 ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’
21 I 've been reading a copy of the above document and I must say I am very disturbed by its proposals , and disappointed at the negative attitude it conveys .
22 ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’
23 ‘ I 've been wanting a chat with Arthur , ’ he had said gleefully .
24 yes , I got a bit tired out because erm somebody mentioned table tennis and I said oh I 've been wanting a game for years !
25 Yeah , well as I say , sometimes I go along while in between but I I think it 's more or less when when I 've been aggravated a bit , you know what I mean ?
26 We 've been sent a sample , and inside there 's a very posh-looking Seiko quartz guitar tuner , a nice blue T-shirt , a set of Picato ‘ All Steel ’ electric guitar strings , a good quality lead in a violent shade of green , a set of pitchpipes , a miniature enamel guitar badge , a pegwinder , a classic ‘ Cadillac bumper ’ capo , a red nylon-weave strap and a can of that excessively useful Fastfret stuff .
27 ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod .
28 They 've been given a fortnight to find £8,000 .
29 Suppose , for example , you 've been given a problem to work on by one of your teachers .
30 If you 've been given a voucher because you have a low income , the value of your voucher may be reduced .
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