Example sentences of "'ve been [v-ing] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been watching over this project since its inception . |
| 3 | No he said , I ca n't give it back to you , you 're the person that I 've been looking for all my life . |
| 4 | I 've been looking for that all week ! |
| 5 | We 've been looking for this car as part of a murder investigation . |
| 6 | Yes I 've been looking at that and thinking we 'll take it , mm |
| 7 | Okay right , so what we 've been looking at this week is trade in agricultural commodities , and er , possibly a little bit of GATT as well . |
| 8 | Yes , I 've been , I 've been looking at this and see what I can play . |
| 9 | " I 've been looking at these holes . |
| 10 | I 've been looking at some of the lines not as lines , but as things he has touched . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been looking at some of those paraffin convector heaters . |
| 12 | I 've been looking at some of the old programmes that some of the fans brought from those shows , and it was interesting to look back and see the people that I travelled with . ’ |
| 13 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 14 | Register Office , handful of guests , parents optional , drink-up at couple 's house ( in which they 've been living for several years already ) . |
| 15 | She thought : I 've been living like this for years . |
| 16 | — We 've been living in this flat over a year Duncan . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've been playin' with that for hours . ’ |
| 18 | We have found the leaks , and we have connected all , we have reconnected all of the er supplies , including a supply to the cathedral field , which has never been billed in the past er because of erm damage to their meter , it 's only used twenty seven gallons but twenty seven litres , but whilst I 've been here , it 's a water meadow from the result of the water that we 've been supplying to that particular field . |
| 19 | Having said that , I do n't blame them because ‘ Ironfist ’ was n't the greatest album it could have been and ‘ Another Perfect Day ’ , well , I 've been thinking about that and I 'm sure it was n't just the album … ’ |
| 20 | No I 've been thinking about that actually , I must |
| 21 | What d' you think I 've been thinking about all the time ? |
| 22 | ‘ Listen , kiddo , I 've been thinking about this . |
| 23 | I 've been thinking about this , sir — well , I 've had nothing else to think about . |
| 24 | ‘ Doctor , I 've been thinking about this planet . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been thinking about this time muddle , Cassie . |
| 26 | I 've been thinking about this , too . |
| 27 | I 've been thinking about these requests for miracles . |
| 28 | I 've been thinking about these blinds for such a long time . |
| 29 | You , you 've been hacking at this one bit , it 's gone too soft , look that 's why , yes , gone too soft |
| 30 | Same goes for about half the words I 've been learning from that little minx . |