Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [been] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1861 : ‘ I 've long been meditating a novel on insanity , or rather on how one becomes insane . ’ |
| 2 | I 've er I 've only just I 've only been coughing the last couple of days , but |
| 3 | There 's been no problem matching clients to carers because I 've had a biggish pool to choose from — there 's been about 30 people on the register at any one time — and I 've only been using a maximum of ten at a time . ’ |
| 4 | er , this is not of , this is not of the point , in fact it 's on it , it 's a point which I asked you before and er it concerned , I think it 's the same case as the one we 've just been mentioning the , with the commission of objecting to erm appeal procedures on the grounds they are unfair , is that , that 's the same one is n't it ? , let me just perhaps look at it |
| 5 | Then a friend asks if you 've just been chewing a clove of garlic . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just been telling the captain . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've just been posting a letter for poor Mrs. Fanshawe , Sister , ’ she said virtuously . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've just been showing the insurance gentleman where the bells are kept , Mr Caretaker . |
| 9 | I 've just been doing the wrong question . |
| 10 | She rolled her shirt-sleeves and crouched on the platform shouting back , above the noise of the engine and Marley , ‘ I 've just been checking the records . |
| 11 | I 've always been getting a shooting pain there that kind of happened and I just |
| 12 | ‘ We 've both been doing a bit of that — accusing each other of things that neither of us is guilty of . ’ |
| 13 | I 've also been collecting a whole load of old Electro-Harmonix pedals while I 've been on the road in the States , and they just sound so amazing compared to all these digital pedals ! |
| 14 | Whilst they are very good at what they do , they 've also been riding the same horse for a very long time and the old nag 's starting to show signs of wear . |
| 15 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |