Example sentences of "'ve be [verb] [art] " 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 | You 've been watching the Americans , they , cos the Americans , why do American police officers carry guns ? |
5 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
6 | And I 've seen the look in your eyes recently when you 've been watching the singers on stage . |
7 | Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood ! |
8 | We 've been planning it since last year and we 've been saving every penny . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Cos I 've been asked a question before |
11 | ‘ I do n't think this man was a cousin at all , indeed , I think you 've been harbouring a criminal from jail . ’ |
12 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
13 | ‘ I 've been monitoring the transmission from Moloch . ’ |
14 | Avon and Somerset Police told us they 've been monitoring the situation closely , but so far they 've been unable to press criminal charges . |
15 | 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 . ’ |
16 | ‘ It 's not just what you wrote that hurts us , Lizzy , it 's the way you 've been living a lie all this time . ’ |
17 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |
18 | Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion . |
19 | Legal moves have begun to evict thousands of travellers who 've been holding an illegal festival at a beauty spot for the past five days . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . " |
22 | 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 . |
23 | cos , cos if they are I mean a lot of people are more for , er the thing of Simon er , er although we 've , we 've been expecting the er the withdraw of the work demands |
24 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
25 | ‘ Miranda , I 've been thinking a lot about you . ’ |
26 | ‘ I 've been thinking a lot about it , ’ she said , moving the salt cellar in a pattern on the tablecloth , ‘ and I think — ’ |
27 | ‘ I 've been thinking the same thing . |
28 | I 've been using a leave-in conditioner on my hair and am very pleased with the results . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ 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 . |