Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] i 've be [verb] " in BNC.

  Next page
No 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 .
  Next page