Example sentences of "you 've been [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because you 've been pushed around so often . ’ |
| 2 | Even if you 've been turned down elsewhere . |
| 3 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 4 | ‘ And now you 've been warned off , which confirms your suspicions . ’ |
| 5 | Erm there 's also a very strange statement in paragraph which says that the nineteen sixty eight act is intended to provide a network of sites to enable gypsies to move around or settle , but in practice many gypsies are settled on permanent sites and it seems to me that that is the logical result of having insufficient pitches in that if th you know there are n't enough pitches for you , you are not going to get up and go from a permanent that you 've been living on and move off in case you ca n't one somewhere else and that seems to be the inevitable logic of the government 's own failure to make sure that there is adequate provisions in local sites . |
| 6 | At the rate you 've been goin' on , that might be a bit sooner or a bit later . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been getting on very well here and I 've had glowing reports from Mrs Martin about your work , but if you feel it your duty to go home I understand . |
| 8 | Let's see how you 've been getting on . |
| 9 | I 'd love to see the reaction once you finally turn the tables on an oppressive person or group and assert some of the strength and authority you 've been holding back . |
| 10 | You 've been ripped off then Rich . |
| 11 | Er , you 've been fiddling about at the back where it breaks yeah , did you tell Ken ? |
| 12 | Blend Six that you 've been trying out here is pretty much my baby , although everything really is a team effort , but that 's why Jason has sent me out here to deal with it . ’ |
| 13 | And then when you 're okay when you 've been riding round a bit you take them off . |
| 14 | ‘ But since you 've been grown up ? ’ |
| 15 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 16 | You 'll have to let them know you 've been called up . ’ |
| 17 | You know , now that is , that is when somebody is trying to take you further , there 's , there 's , there 's the food , there 's been a food , I do n't know , food , food poisoning outbreak in a well-known city restaurant or something like that , there 's thirty people in hospital , a couple are pretty serious , there 's a general flap on because it 's the height of the tourist season in Cambridge , and you 've been called in . |
| 18 | Now you 've been patched up , your hull 's been scraped , a lick of paint and you 're ready to get back into the great sea of life . |
| 19 | Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . |
| 20 | Erm have you been s yes you 've been signing on |
| 21 | Graham , when he came to pick me up , would stand back and burst into song , like that man in " Gigi " : " Why , you 've been growing up before my very eyes ! " |
| 22 | It 's essential to erm , to what you 've been going through in the last , in the last few lectures . |
| 23 | ‘ I know what you 've been going through , ’ he said gruffly . |
| 24 | ‘ Is that why you 've been going over to France such a lot ? ’ |
| 25 | " You 've been going out with him for ages , have n't you ? " |
| 26 | What you 've been going out seven weeks ? |
| 27 | You 've been going out with your |
| 28 | Yeah you do , you tend to go out and commit more crime because of You 've been let out you 've been let off really |
| 29 | Yeah you do , you tend to go out and commit more crime because of You 've been let out you 've been let off really |
| 30 | There 's nothing worse than setting off on a day 's walking after a cold sleepless night when you feel as though you 've been trussed up in a straight jacket . |