Example sentences of "they 've be [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Now they 've been digging up the garden to make a channel for all electricity to go underground you see . |
| 2 | Er , although they 've been moving around with me , but er they did very well in their studies in the end . |
| 3 | Cos they 've been building up like that and they 're bound to fall down . |
| 4 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 5 | Remember the the boat 's been filling with water , they 've been bailing out in desperation , after they 'd done everything that they can do they then turn round and said , Lord , do n't you care we 're gon na drown ? |
| 6 | Although these are ‘ laboratory ’ specimens , they 've been kicking around for about six months and I 'd expect them to be detected quickly . |
| 7 | they 're talking none about the , the economy and turn up before the end of the year , this , the , the , they 've been hanging on and on and on , and er slagging one another off all the time |
| 8 | At least they 've been shouting out . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , and they 've been reading up the stuff for years . |
| 10 | Erm in March the top branch was erm Hugh erm interestingly enough erm in the south erm Nicholas erm was well down on recruitment , he was down minus twenty seven on his fore on his target , but was significantly up on his bus business that he brought in because they 've been focusing on er in on that . |
| 11 | They 've been knocking around since Christmas . |
| 12 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 13 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 14 | Yeah well th cos they 've been waiting up there on the thing and they 've land or they 've just been circ |
| 15 | They 've been running up and down the place doing all the good play . |
| 16 | They 've been closing down since I 've known them |
| 17 | They have no speech beyond grunts , but they 've been surviving out here . ’ |
| 18 | And they 've been carrying out an exhaustive search for clues . |
| 19 | They 've been fighting out there for bloody years . ’ |
| 20 | Constant hum , people started from the first day and they 've been flowing through ever since with a high point at the weekend when they 've had more time to come up to London to have a look at things look at things . |
| 21 | All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through . |
| 22 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 23 | In fact ever since the pair of them started going out together they 've been going on about having to find poor old Jenny a new man . |
| 24 | What I 'd like you to do , is to try and put into words , what the main problems are at the moment , when they occur , where they occur , and how long they 've been going on for ’ . |
| 25 | Well as long as you do n't mind the high mileage cars but if they 've been going up and down the motorway all the time |
| 26 | They 've been going out on and off for years . ’ |
| 27 | Do you know me and Ted have been married thirty year no not thirty , they 've been going out together thirty years |
| 28 | Oh yes very much so and we 've been these er lots secretaries and presidents and all miners and that they 've been coming up you know and er you had a chat with them and they put us do n't let this happen , do n't let that happen , and make sure that erm you know people do n't suffer and er oh it 's been quite a vast experience for us yeah . |
| 29 | Some of these things as well , they 've been pinching back from upstairs , toys they , they 've played with when they were smaller and they do n't play with them now and I put them upstairs out of the way and they keep going and finding them and bringing them down . |
| 30 | They 've been tripping over you ever since you came here . ’ |