Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , Oh do n't bother I always I always get people ringing up saying so and so 's mother or father says or someone says you 've been teaching them and can you take me or can you take my son or daughter and it always works like that . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 3 | And that 's moved them no less than three places up the second division table , they 're higher than I think they 've been for many a long day . |
| 4 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
| 5 | I do n't know how many times I have to say , that we 've we 've been there and we know all about this . |
| 6 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 7 | He says that he hopes they 've been able to reasure the people living nearby , and that the travellers will now quietly leave . |
| 8 | As all the world knows I 'm now 61 so it follows I 've been playing for yonks , interrupted only by a broken leg and two children . |
| 9 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 10 | He says people have been to myself and I know they 've been to the doctor , crying in the surgery over there not being a burial ground , because obviously when one 's loved ones die they wish to have them buried here . |
| 11 | ‘ I got a whole morning off in Bruges , and I guess I 've been making up for it ever since . ’ |
| 12 | Right , I think we 've been going on long enough and I think you 've been sitting there long enough , ha |
| 13 | If someone knows they 've been contaminated by a needle or a knife , for instance , then I think the testing certainly is available . ’ |
| 14 | Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material |
| 15 | No that 's not I just thought to change a wash , cos I think they 've been on there rather a long time . |
| 16 | And you know we 've been to a few caravans |
| 17 | And you know I 've been sitting an hour . |
| 18 | " Well , if you feel you 've been unfairly dismissed , " Starke said , you can go to the — " |
| 19 | It 's all water under the bridge ; you do n't want to hear it — I 'm sorry if you feel I 've been unfair to you . |
| 20 | Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . |
| 21 | Right you 've got you ne , I wo n't touch anything cos you know I 've been . |
| 22 | Well what we do is , if we if we know you 've been burgled |
| 23 | Martin and Koda plan just as ambitious a schedule of costume exhibitions at their new home — three per year — and they say they 've been given a mandate to do that . |
| 24 | and they say I 've been waiting seventeen years for this pollack , or having your tooth out or having your tonsils extracted |
| 25 | They always say that if they think you 've been in a fight , although it was still short of chucking-out time . |
| 26 | aha and he says I 've been to the nice wee man he says he remembers ah going round all the houses looking for somebody to do in Apple Street and he went and told what 's his name ? |
| 27 | Well they said well we 'll go back on Thursday and he said we 've been round everywhere , he said , the thing is we do n't know the area cos everyone |
| 28 | And he said I 've been with them twenty nine years . |
| 29 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 30 | you know , I mean they were so good when they came here but I mean they 've been shut in for months now ! |