Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been down [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've been down here two year . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been down here half the night , waiting for someone like you , ’ the stranger said . |
| 3 | In all the times I 've been down here , I have never heard that sound before . |
| 4 | ‘ This is the first time I 've been down here since God knows when . |
| 5 | I 've been down here for bloody nine years I 've missed it a bit |
| 6 | I ca do n't think I 've been down here before have I ? |
| 7 | Oh , I 've been down here about twenty years though so it 's faded a bit |
| 8 | My accent 's certainly changed since I 've been down here . |
| 9 | I 've been down here six months now . |
| 10 | An attitude of fatalism may be seen in typical phrases from traditional low-income black American subculture such as ‘ I 've been down so long that down do n't bother me ’ , ‘ I was born under a bad sign ’ and ‘ It 's an uphill climb to the bottom ’ . |
| 11 | No I 'm not , I do n't think I am gon na come down cos I 've been down so long anyway |
| 12 | but I 've been down there ? |
| 13 | When I 've been down there trying to get casual work , you know in Leith docks ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been down there . |
| 15 | This morning they 're different again down there cos I 've been down there and I 've looked at the situation erm and I 've had a word with the lads there and I will try and alter it a little bit more . |
| 16 | I 've no down London every time I 've been down there , and have n't seen any trouble . |
| 17 | I 've been down there . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've been down here — what , a week or so ? |
| 19 | you 've been down here two have n't you ? |
| 20 | Oh no I mean we 've been down there when you put dash like , when you have to wire , er a bolt goes on the dashboard and everything , well Christ I 've been round , we went round er Sunderland works , Nissan , at Sunderland , and we 've been round Rover works |
| 21 | So we 've been down there a few times but I said to you did n't I ? |
| 22 | Do n't worry about the swimming cos we 've been down there and she said yeah , I ca n't stir myself . |
| 23 | My brother , sister and I have made lots of friends whilst we have been down there , but it only really started to fascinate us from about 2 or 3 years ago , before then we had just been interested in swimming , going into the amusements and going to the beach etc . |