Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pron] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps you 've been telling her about when her periods will be due . |
| 2 | She shows some talent , or so I 've been told . |
| 3 | ‘ Or so I 've been told . ’ |
| 4 | Except I think just to emphasize one or two minor issues but the savings from last year , that was the underspendings from ninety two ninety three were , as you recall last year er used to support this year 's budget er those savings underspending are no longer available and therefore have been taken out of the consideration The staff costs for T S G schemes that are mentioned at the bottom of page five erm , the programme this year which is actually listed over the page at table two does erm indicate that erm we are now contemplating link road and bypass next year and staff available are needed to complete that work or fortunately we 've been able to secure a start on which enables some of the staff to be transferred to work on that scheme . |
| 5 | I 've always found the men that I 've worked with either it has made no difference that I was a woman so far as I was aware , or else they 've been very helpful . |
| 6 | I 've got to make him feel that finally I 've been touched by his chivalry and so on and so on … |
| 7 | But the effect I 've had on the straight world , the fact that they come to me and they feel comfortable , half knowing that maybe I 've been involved in … what to them is alternative sexuality , is a positive thing . ’ |
| 8 | and literally I 've been working |
| 9 | I 've fought this problem for years at political conferences and gradually we 've been able to improve the situation . |
| 10 | I do n't think the theatre 's ever been endowed with a great deal of fundings but one or two companies in the town that have been prepared to fund obviously the one that strikes me is Gilbey 's cos the Gilbey bar I mean that was funded and like they 've been over the years they have given money even fact as a sad note cos Gilbey 's have actually demised now erm General Portfolio have actually taken on the role in Harlow of funding many things if you actually look all most things that have sponsored until recently have been sponsored by General Portfolio so they 've been to the fore in er fundering funding . |
| 11 | We both wanted to win , I said , and now we 've been saved from temptation . |
| 12 | Central South saw what they 'd achieved by 1991 , and now we 've been back to check on progress . |
| 13 | I 've been doin' all sorts of jobs since then , and livin' in all sorts of lodgings , and now I 've been chucked out of me last place because I did n't 'ave any job or any money . |
| 14 | I never had any money erm that would help me to get off benefit , I was caught in the benefit trap and now I 've been able to get a part time job , my husba ex-husband 's paying a reasonable amount and my children are better off . |
| 15 | I usually have to come in seven o'clock , that 's how I did it and now I 've been over here sort of mucks the whole system so I 've got a driving lesson tomorrow night , I ca n't cancel that |
| 16 | ‘ And now you 've been warned off , which confirms your suspicions . ’ |
| 17 | Various episodes in his life end in cliff-hangers , a la Neighbours and Dallas , and often I 've been asked whether a certain story line has advanced any further . |
| 18 | If this really does happen it would be a remarkable situation because up until now they 've been let out in dribs and drabs , they 're talking here about a kind of mass release are n't they ? |
| 19 | And today I 've been feeling down . |
| 20 | and then you were inveigled to the R and D and then you inveigled to become a Vice Chair , and today you 've been handling the ceremony so well , we 've had to keep you in cotton wool to make sure that er , that you kept your health . |
| 21 | I should be congratulated not criticized , and if sometimes I 've been a bit unfair , played a bit of a game , that 's life is n't it . |
| 22 | And so we moved into it and then we 've been here ever since . |
| 23 | Well , they were perching on the erm chimneys of that one and then they 've been coming they 're gon na be swooping round up not actually low but above it , about fly to the bathroom then spread up , turning a circle , coming down and going past my window and land |
| 24 | her ringing you or , or doing anything and that 's it , and then you 've been straight with her , you 're not |
| 25 | this year and if Russell done that to me now I feel embarrassed in front of my mother , now , and then I 've been married |
| 26 | I 've had sickness , no I have n't had sickness , I 'm telling lies , I 've had diarrhoea and then I 've been constipated and then violent pains and terrible |
| 27 | I think I can say that during my career most of the things I 've decided ought to be done , I 've got done , but I 've done them in very different ways to other people and sometimes I 've been criticised for not going out and grabbing the headlines . |
| 28 | Flap jacks do n't appear to be cooked and yet they 've been in the time they should have , I do n't know what 's happened , there you are there 's your drink do n't knock it over |
| 29 | And yet they 've been using enormous amounts of their own resources , both finance and , and manpower resources and expertise to make life easier for , for the people who are going through their country . |
| 30 | and yet I 've been , in theory I do n't actually manage them . |