Example sentences of "'ve [adv] been [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I 've only been here five years ! |
| 2 | I 've only been here four years we had the white one remember the gas one got certified dangerous ? |
| 3 | I 've only been here three years now ! |
| 4 | We 've only been here three quarters of an hour ! |
| 5 | It 's very good — we 've only been there two days and could n't even scratch the surface . |
| 6 | But I 've only been there one day — half a day , really , since I took a good bit of time off this afternoon to talk to you . |
| 7 | you 've been there and I 've only been there thirteen years so |
| 8 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 9 | You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life . |
| 10 | She was still full of doubt as she said , ‘ You have n't been slow — you 've just been too busy weaving a net round yourself to keep the female species out of your life . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
| 12 | I find that actually speaking to people my dad , mum and dad , well my mum works in an office , my dad works in a factory , and they 've always been very much sort of you know go out and get your education and |
| 13 | I 've always been too busy building up my business to spare time for more than a few brief affairs . ’ |