Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] 've be [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | Although I 've been here for a long time , I 've got my house , got my family here , I 've got comfortable living , although not er luxurious but er normal standard , better standard than I could have in India . |
2 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
3 | First of all I thought I 'd tell you who I was I 'm a G P in er in New Harlow , in Bush Fair , and I 've been there for nearly three years now . |
4 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
5 | but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account . |
6 | Mhm cos they 've been there for ages have n't they Mary do n't you think ? |
7 | But you do n't do anybody until they 've be here for six months . |
8 | ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years ! |
9 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
10 | Because we 've been here for the discussion . |
11 | And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that . |
12 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |