Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been writing a book . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been writing a book . ’ |
| 3 | But clearly for the schoolchildren who 've been watching every move . |
| 4 | Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood ! |
| 5 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 6 | We 've been planning it since last year and we 've been saving every penny . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
| 9 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’ |
| 13 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . " |
| 16 | I mean , I 've been analyzing every dream I can remember now for the last twenty one years and er I think I 've got rather good at dream interpretation I must admit . |
| 17 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
| 18 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
| 20 | . You 've been using a brush instead of a spatula for spreading glue . |
| 21 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
| 22 | I 've been using the Lazer ever since , except for playing slide , when I still use the Firebird . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You 've been reading the programme as well . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | They 've been charting the progress of Rob Coles throughout the British Steel challenge … possibly the toughest seafaring test he 'll ever experience . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've been wanting a bike for ages , only Daddy has n't been able to manage it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been wanting a chat with Arthur , ’ he had said gleefully . |