Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pron] 've be " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , and my only tape , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , reminding me of where I 've been and where I 've come from . |
| 2 | I 've managed to subject the boots to most conditions except a thorough soaking over several days — for once we 've been basking in sunshine for weeks in Scotland , along with the sun-drenched south east ! |
| 3 | Dearest , for once you 've been misinformed . |
| 4 | Again I 'll mention the two cases I 'm dealing with where there 've been no wills and surviving spouses who are not getting anything . |
| 5 | Despite being so ubiquitous , until now they 've been solely a male preserve . |
| 6 | So th the case you 're putting that the that the pensioner trustee er ship is more powerful than you originally put cos until now you 've been put it in grounds of i the trust should be repre representative of it |
| 7 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 8 | I 'm a geologist — that bit was true — and until recently I 've been working in Sydney . |
| 9 | well at night when we 've come back from wherever we 've been with Wendy , it was a ritual to walk round , cos on the , on the |
| 10 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 11 | well to somewhere they 've been |
| 12 | Besides , since yesterday I 've been eager to hear the other half of your story . ’ |
| 13 | You see , up to now we 've been able to keep it fairly tight . |
| 14 | Up to now we 've been covering one part of the neural networks . |
| 15 | I mean you could start by saying , ‘ Canborough has , has been well known for the number of grants it gives , you know , as , as the means of saying , ‘ Up to now we 've been the good people . ’ |
| 16 | I will be next week , but up to now I 've been the Deputy Managing Director . |
| 17 | Though , the case you 're putting that the , the pensioner trustee er ship is more powerful than you originally put , cos up to now you 've been put it in grounds that it 's the trust should be repr representative of it |
| 18 | In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over . |
| 19 | I spent three months in the Canaries , and since then I 've been travelling between England and Ireland . |
| 20 | Ever since then I 've been trying to get the speed back . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The review of ‘ I 'm Never Gon na Die Again' in Select started off saying that all the guitar playing that I did in The Birthday Party was genius and that since then I 've been very vague and confused . |
| 22 | ‘ The organiser asked me if I wanted to see how the money was spent and since then I 've been hooked . ’ |
| 23 | Ever since then I 've been a great admirer of his work . |
| 24 | Since then I 've been very much my own man . |
| 25 | Three weeks ago I found a lump in one of my breasts and since then I 've been paralysed with fear . |
| 26 | Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School . |
| 27 | Since then I 've been thinking it over and I 've come up with an idea . |
| 28 | ‘ Since then I 've been training every day , and going on runs . |
| 29 | I was given a set of exercises to do , and since then I 've been all right . ’ |
| 30 | But since then I 've been on a unit of tropical forestry in Oxford Forestry Institute , and I 've been travelling regularly , almost yearly since I 've been there . |