Example sentences of "[pron] 've be [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been living on odd bits and pieces , ’ he says , ‘ as well as the proceeds of my first novel . ’ |
| 2 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been working on this project for two years — two full years with God knows how many people involved . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been working on this for a couple of weeks now . |
| 5 | Because the way that I erm , I 've been working on this procedure and in fact I sense this too , and I have most of what was currently there for research project , project related sub-contracting , in other words sub-contracting with B P or if necessary , which I felt that more or less covered and what it was n't covering was when a Marie type situation on software , where I was going to put a different section , which is where the report , when it 's on research project related company facts , then I pay for the software . |
| 6 | There 's an old clay range up in the woods , and I 've been practising on that . |
| 7 | Anyway erm we 've been hearing on this programme recently of course that er people are against hunting against fishing er they say it 's cruel . |
| 8 | Ian 's temperament is something he is working on and we 've been working on all the time , but he just seems to be getting maximum publicity at the moment . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ This is n't a sudden change of course — we 've been working on this for a long time and over the last five years have moved our portfolio towards lower cost exploration areas . |
| 10 | We 've been practising on this wicket . |
| 11 | Over the last few issues we 've been focusing on minor scales and their application . |