Example sentences of "[pers pn] 've been [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I came here with full agreements in order to get this convoy to Cerska and so far I 've been blocked at every turn . ’
2 And this ’ — he spread an arm out — ‘ is the amateur group I 've been supporting over the past years . ’
3 Just as well I 've been staying out the way .
4 I 've had a great deal of fun reviewing Animation Works Interactive , so much so that I 've been staying in the office well past my normal time just to play with it .
5 The next morning I wake up feeling like I 've been kicked around the room .
6 stuff keep the half way up my back its all padding and stuff and I 've rolled over , as I 've rolled over there 's been another one it has gone off , it felt like I 've been kicked in the back by somebody really having a go at me , it threw me and even with all that I had a like that so there not , there not kiddy toys .
7 I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries .
8 I 've been asked by an inflight magazine , of all things , for 1,000 words on the state of publishing .
9 But I 've been asked by the PM to co-operate with a special operative of the CIA .
10 I 've been asked by the Bishop to find out something about the background of Hereward Marr and his wife , ’ she tried , as an opener .
11 I 've been asked by the building custodian , acting on behalf of the fire service , to inform you that , should the fire alarm sound , you are required to leave the building in an orderly fashion by the nearest exist .
12 So I could n't agree more , and that will be taken up in the fairly near future , following the information that I 've been gathering in the various meetings that I 've been having round the country on this .
13 I 've been glancing through the teams , Peter , ’ he said .
14 This year I 've been thinking about the many faces of the moon and the wonderfully romantic and lovely patterns you can achieve with the moon as your theme , whether it 's a slender crescent or full harvest , hunter 's or honey moon .
15 Seeing Derek 's puzzled look , she added : ‘ You mentioned the Spanish Civil War and I 've been thinking about the message the kidnappers told me to use to contact them . ’
16 ‘ No , but then I 've been thinking about the amniocentesis .
17 I 've been thinking like a crook . ’
18 I still feel I 've been deprived of a natural birth .
19 Instead I 've been thrust into the sort of social whirl I never experienced in Nottingham — or in London , for that matter . ‘
20 But yes , abroad lies our final year of partnership , although I 've been toying with the idea of alighting upon a play by Shakespeare hitherto unknown , unseen and unenacted . ’
21 I 've been busking round the bars of Torremolinos in Spain , and at Tenerife , in the Canary Islands .
22 I 've been flung into a filthy cell with a lot of other poor wretches as if I were sack of coals being emptied into a cellar . "
23 Er previously I 've had , held the license of Three Fishes at Lyddon er , for three years er , previous to that I held the license of the Mason 's Arms , with for three years previous to that and before I 've been connected with the catering and licensed trade from be fifteen .
24 Er previous to that I held the licence for The Mason 's Arms at for three years previous to that and before that I 've been connected with the catering and licence trade from being fifteen .
25 " I 've been invited to a dance . "
26 I 've been invited to a party next weekend .
27 Yeah , I attended , I used to run an A T C squad , well I used to run the two different ones in London , and A T C squadrons , and I must say I 've been invited to the last two open nights .
28 Not on your life — I 've been hanging around the set of Bedroom Farce hoping Chris 'll come back from the bar .
29 Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this
30 ‘ You see , I 've been learning about the city .
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