Example sentences of "a [noun] [pers pn] 've [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm growing mine at the moment for a part I 've been playing , which accounts for its condition . |
| 2 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 3 | Right from the beginning of my career as a journalist I 've been writing about gender issues from the male point of view . |
| 4 | What a fool you 've been ! ’ he murmured softly to himself . |
| 5 | What a fool I 've been . ’ |
| 6 | My God , what a fool I 've been ! ’ |
| 7 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been in that sort of situation before , sitting in a dressing- room after losing to a team you 've been expected to beat . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , it 's a pot I 've been down many times — not the easiest ; apart from a fifty-foot pitch we 'll have to haul him up , there 's a long sump we 'll have to bring the injured man back through which could be tricky if he 's unconscious or uncooperative . |
| 10 | Treat yourself to a special evening of entertainment — whether it be hiring a video you 've been meaning to watch , going to the cinema or theatre , or just visiting a friend . |
| 11 | Yeah , you 're gon na have one in a minute I 've been up for ages ! |
| 12 | you ca n't go out with no socks on can you ? , what 's that ? , ee where you getting all this from ? , hang on let's get a tissue , I 'm glad its coming out though because its been up your nose for a week you 've been breathing |
| 13 | Well I wo n't be paying for another lot of lessons for you at the drama class David because that 's two weeks in a row you 've been saying you 've not gon na go . |
| 14 | And I 'm effectively shut up because I 've been kicked out of my job and a ] so because you do n't seem to have heard a word I 've been saying . ’ |
| 15 | with old age , he wants to go for a walk you 've been walkies today ? |
| 16 | Mummy said we were going to spend next Christmas there — it 's a thing they 've been meaning to do for ages . ’ |
| 17 | The fifth paragraph of that has the proposed council tax bands the county council services but these have been amended by a letter you 've been sent dated the twenty- first of January , as a result of information from council regarding their tax base . |
| 18 | It made me realise what a coward I 've been over my own problem . |
| 19 | I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend . |
| 20 | ‘ In the letter , Tristram said ‘ I 'm sending you a document I 've been keeping for a friend ’ . |
| 21 | My mind 's a blank I 've been in that many different jobs now . |
| 22 | 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 . |