Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] i 've be [verb] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | She shows some talent , or so I 've been told . |
2 | ‘ Or so I 've been told . ’ |
3 | I 've got to make him feel that finally I 've been touched by his chivalry and so on and so on … |
4 | and literally I 've been working |
5 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
6 | Various episodes in his life end in cliff-hangers , a la Neighbours and Dallas , and often I 've been asked whether a certain story line has advanced any further . |
7 | And today I 've been feeling down . |
8 | I 've had sickness , no I have n't had sickness , I 'm telling lies , I 've had diarrhoea and then I 've been constipated and then violent pains and terrible |
9 | I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines . |
10 | But mostly I 've been working in television . ’ |
11 | But perhaps I 've been misinformed , like , for I understand you do n't read the Bible . ’ |
12 | My social history is very different from Trevelyan 's , one of the most remarkable books on English social history , because of course I come from a very different background , I 've different experience from Trevelyan , but also I 've been writing at a different time . |
13 | I did n't take much notice of it the first few years after I left school , but now I 've been gone , what , fifteen years or so , I find quite a lot of interest in what 's happened . |
14 | ‘ No , but then I 've been thinking about the amniocentesis . |
15 | She said , ‘ I 've been trying to think about Wayne , but instead I 've been thinking about myself . |
16 | But recently I 've been thinking a lot about a person I see once a week at a club . |
17 | Because here I 've been treated kindly . |