Example sentences of "so [pers pn] 've been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | There does n't seem to be much of it about , not even many DFs , so I 've been trying to stock up lately . |
2 | ‘ So I 've been grieving for him . ’ |
3 | The bird has become very unfit , and the damaged wing is shorter than the other , so I 've been working on moving it in the way the bird would move it in flight , to stretch it . |
4 | It looks as if we 'll be able to buy the Stiebel-Stein mail-order business , so I 've been working on ways to raise the money . |
5 | Fortunately , I had my suspicions about it right from the start , so I 've been working closely with the police to help clear it up . ’ |
6 | ‘ So I 've been turning to simpler guitars , guitars that limit you , but that limit you in interesting ways . |
7 | ‘ I had this anonymous tip-off about a man answering your description , the caller said something about a missing member of the aristocracy , so I 've been keeping an eye on things . ’ |
8 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
9 | ‘ So you 've been describing us , have you , David ? |
10 | ‘ So you 've been paying this other man for three months . |
11 | I mean you 've had Sue , Sue for example tied up on and all those sort of issues , Bob 's been dealing with pr pension conversions and stuff like that for , for months on end , so we 've been dealing with other projects , all that 's happened is the work has been redirected onto a different type of project . |
12 | It 's absolutely massive , yes , it 's a national er campaign , so we 've been recruiting people from all kinds of ways ; direct mail , er getting in touch with people who 've done it for us before , er through magazines and so on and the whole thing has been a major logistical undertaking . |
13 | , so we 've been doing a few need a good wash |
14 | Okay , so we 've been saying that , I mean clearly , I mean that , that 's good evidence to suggest that world trade in absolute terms in agricultural goods is , is increasing , but as a proportion of world trade erm , it 's er , we know , we know that , we know that it , it 's falling . |
15 | But after a four month lay-off the people who have to open them can get rather out of practice , so they 've been sharpening their skills against each other . |