Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's probably sour grapes after they 've been beaten 4-2 by nine men . |
| 2 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose you 've been reading all about it in the papers ? ’ |
| 4 | I 've been trying that for me stomach since I 've came back |
| 5 | Lots of inquiries about Foster and Allen they 're coming on the programme later they 've just got number one for the first time with their new video with their new single I do n't know I 'm not quite sure we 'll find out when they get here well they 've just got number one for the first time and they 've been trying hard for a long time . |
| 6 | Cos you do you 've not been anywhere unless you 've been made bankrupt in this place round here . |
| 7 | One in six patients in hospital in Britain are there because they 've been made ill by doctors . |
| 8 | The S A S are already there and there are people that have been shot dead , unarmed people , civilians who 've been shot dead by the S A S. |
| 9 | Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material |
| 10 | turns , there , gets the header , Notts go in front , it was brilliantly made by and had the easiest of jobs and what a comeback it is , because Notts trailed by two in twenty minutes and now they lead three two against the side second in the first division table , who 've been run ragged in the second half , by a storming Notts comeback , brilliant , header . |
| 11 | Now obviously that requires a more precise working knowledge of newspapers and the other media , what they want , when and how they need it , what the sort of particular publication is , you 've been discussing some of that and we can perhaps go into some of that in , in a bit more detail a bit later on . |
| 12 | Peter Bateman of Rentokil says there 's a reason for their bad behaviour — they 've been getting drunk on rotten fruit . |
| 13 | I guess I 've been getting upset for too long when it was n't even necessary . |
| 14 | So we 've been doing that with children as well . |
| 15 | I 've been doing that for a long , long time . |
| 16 | ‘ On things like consulting with patients and carers — we 've been doing that for years . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah , and you 've been doing that for many many years , English |
| 18 | They 've been doing that for a they take it from and they put it in cheap cheap labour . |
| 19 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 20 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
| 21 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 22 | But they 've they 've been doing that since er last century . |
| 23 | I 've been doing this for around six years now . |
| 24 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 25 | Frankly , I 'd respond more if a chap came up to me and said , ‘ Look here , we 've been doing this for rather a long time now and we find that this way seems to bring the best results . ’ ’ |
| 26 | Now now we 've been doing this for twenty years and I 've got a I 've got a feel for |
| 27 | We 've been doing this for sometime , it does n't really seem to have taken too much effect , now at the moment we 've been channelling everything through Julian and Jonathan . |
| 28 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
| 29 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
| 30 | Now you 've been doing this for 25 years , that 's quite a long stint is n't it ? |