Example sentences of "'ve [be] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hell 's teeth , baby — we 've been living together for the last two years or more . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 3 | I 've been wandering round for an hour swearing at everbody and everything . |
| 4 | I raised with David Ingram at my JAR a matter which I 've been mulling over for a while , arising from my role as Welfare Officer . |
| 5 | You 've been mooning about for a few weeks , ’ she chuckled , ruefully . |
| 6 | I ca n't of course foretell er what 's gon na happen in Eastern Europe , but looking externally er at the lower interest rates and the er more competitive value of the pound and internally at the improved cash flow and the actions that we 've been taking over for the past couple of years and I can say that there 's now generally a more optimistic feeling in the air amongst our group companies . |
| 7 | Do you think I 've been staying here for the good of my health ? |
| 8 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 9 | No-one 's wanted to have a punt and we 've been scrambling about for the odd winner . |
| 10 | I 've been doing well for the last week , but I took this heavy cold , well from Thursday , since I 've took this heavy cold I 've hardly smoked . |
| 11 | You 've been sitting there for an hour watching the fire almost go out . |
| 12 | We 've been humping away for a whole two and a half pages . |
| 13 | Then you can tell me some more about that book you 've been buried in for the past week . " |
| 14 | ‘ Yeah , it 's a collection of tunes that I 've been working on for a while . |
| 15 | In the U K the improvement plans we 've been working on for the last two years have been very successfully implemented but they 've been overtaken by the U K recession . |
| 16 | I 've been working abroad for the last twenty years , I 've just come back to the U K and my family 's all died , and I do n't know anybody , and I 'm going to start off working here . |
| 17 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We 've been rehearsing steadily for the tour and live we are very confrontational . |