Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want your power : we do n't like you : we 've been ripped off |
| 2 | He says that the council 's actions have made almost six hundred people redundant — they 've been ripped off . |
| 3 | You 've been ripped off then Rich . |
| 4 | come home from work she said I 've been looking round in Boots and that for you , she said er I 've decided , she said I was gon na get you a gift voucher . |
| 5 | I 've been looking out for you . " |
| 6 | I 've been saving up towards a Christmas food hamper all year and now it 's arrived I 'm very disappointed with it . |
| 7 | They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been catching up on the week 's news , and who do I find hitting the headlines yet again ? ’ |
| 9 | I 've been ringing off and on since lunchtime . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This was a golden opportunity for us and we 've been kicked out because we were so powder puff up front . |
| 11 | And I 'm effectively shut up because I 've been kicked out of my job and a ] so because you do n't seem to have heard a word I 've been saying . ’ |
| 12 | And then when you 're okay when you 've been riding round a bit you take them off . |
| 13 | What we have done , when they 've been cut off with erm electricity in particular , erm we liaise with D H S S for them to help their erm to get their their deductions made a at a level which does n't leave them erm you know too short of money . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , for the moment I 've been cut off . |
| 15 | And that 's what they 've been cut off for . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Shout , they 'd shout something but er well since we 've been living up here , my mother used to give , the man used to come for the order for the grocery , the baker used to come round , the milk used to come round , they all used to come round at she 'd ha she did n't have go out for heavy loads of stuff to bring in it was all delivered , but when they started some new technique of er of ordering by computer , it 's going to come back to square one again you know , they 'll be delivering stuff in the same jolly old way hey . |
| 18 | They 've gone , all those people who 've been marching around inside my head : Mum , Dad , teachers , infuriating old Brian — even Cal who 's everyone 's friend when I 'm nobody 's friend but she 's special to me … |
| 19 | I 've been cooped up with my work , but I 'm sure my security staff would have notified me of any unexpected guests . ’ |
| 20 | I 've been cooped up . |
| 21 | I 've been smoking on and off like a chimney |
| 22 | Those people who 've been holding off buying anything just in case prices drop still further could now find they 've missed the boat . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I 've been holding back again this passion . |
| 25 | To help ourselves we have not ignored the nostalgia trend , however , for we 've been glancing back at nineteen eighty two to guess what we think will be the most significant arts ideas for nineteen eighty three . |
| 26 | I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in . |
| 27 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've been slowed down by the lack of a new engine but we 've found a good engine in the second pack they sent us — it needs a couple of hours of work on minor jobs , but if everything goes well we should have something ready for out-inspection later this afternoon . |
| 29 | He 's away back to Biggar now , but he 'll be back up on Friday as we 've been invited round to Ingalo 's for tea — Hazel 's going as well , so it should be a good laugh . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've been invited out to dinner this evening , ’ he said tersely . |