Example sentences of "[pron] 've be [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
| 2 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
| 3 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been here for six months . ’ |
| 5 | She said , ‘ I 've been here for three weeks , I have n't seen one movie star until now , ’ and she came over and got my autograph . |
| 6 | Well , Jim , I 've been here for three years , and no real food from that day to this . |
| 7 | I 've been here for some time . |
| 8 | Er , I 've been now for six and a half years , I think , at the last count , er , I know I 've served just over half my sentence . |
| 9 | ‘ So you 've been here for two years , ’ teased Tony as she looked for her key and opened the door , ‘ and still no boyfriend ? ’ |
| 10 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 11 | You 've been away from active duty for a while , have n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 13 | Actually , we 've been here for 5 days already , but things have been a bit hectic . |
| 14 | We 've been here for six months . |
| 15 | ‘ But we 've been here for thousands of years ! |
| 16 | Masklin said we 've been here for thousands of years . |
| 17 | It 's a shame for shopkeepers … we 've been here for three years and have always done an excellent job for them . |
| 18 | We 've been together for five years , Lexy and I — she practically holds that company together . |
| 19 | We 've been together for 23 years . |
| 20 | They 've been together for fourteen years , they met at school . |
| 21 | Broadstone Estate Agents , they 've been there since last . |
| 22 | But they 've been there for twenty years on that spot . |
| 23 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 24 | But you do n't do anybody until they 've be here for six months . |