Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [pers pn] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter we 've been looking at two novels which , though they both contain their own particular stylistic innovations , nevertheless stick to the recognised , traditional shape of the novel . |
| 2 | I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in . |
| 3 | ‘ This person you 've been with tonight , or you 're going to … this woman ’ |
| 4 | From early this morning they 've been celebrating their seventh birthdays with cards , sweets and of course plenty of presents . |
| 5 | Ever since I came downstairs this morning you 've been different , hostile . |
| 6 | ‘ And what 's all this codswallop you 've been feeding us about Old Red 's being foul to nurses ? |
| 7 | This month I 've been inundated with more questions about dog foods , and feeding in general . |
| 8 | It was only the second time this season we 've been comprehensively beaten . |
| 9 | That 's the fifth time this week we 've been attacked . ’ |
| 10 | Every day this week we 've been printing stickers of the Grands Prix that Mansell won . |
| 11 | Every day this week we 've been printing colour pictures of the team captains and their strip for you to paste on to your chart . |
| 12 | All this week we 've been reporting on the work in South America of Oxfam , which this year marks its fiftieth anniversary . |
| 13 | All this week we 've been on expedition with the British team as they tackle the Camel Trophy through Brazil and Guyana . |
| 14 | All this week we 've been looking at life inside Grendon Prison in Buckinghamshire . |
| 15 | This week we 've been looking at what VAT on fuel and books would mean . |
| 16 | Last week dentists were celebrating being awarded a pay rise , but this week they 've been told they could face a £6,000 pay cut instead . |
| 17 | Last week dentists were celebrating being awarded a pay rise , but this week they 've been told they could face a £6,000 pay cut instead . |
| 18 | But this week they 've been confronted by a whole host of vegetarian dishes . |
| 19 | This week I 've been concentrating on the serious matter of the winter wardrobe . |
| 20 | Are you suggesting that apart from this relief you 've been set you might see Wogan tonight or something you could think |
| 21 | Jesus had had many interviews with people , we 've looked at some of them over these past few weeks , the time when he met with Nicademus , the religious leader , the time he went out of his way to meet with a woman of Semaria in her dyer need , the other occasion that we looked at er a week or so back when he called Anzakias from that tree of which he was hiding , last week his judge , pilot , but of all those interviews and as many others that we have n't looked at this surely must be one of the strangest as Jesus himself is in the process of dying and as he is dying he is confronted with another person who has a need , but Jesus your need is as greatest as any body elses , your pain , your suffering , your physical suffering was every bit of great as those around you , why be bothered with others is n't that so often our story , when we are in need we can forget all about other people , it does n't matter there need , its poor me , what about me , what about my need , what about my requirements , what about my suffering , but we see here how Jesus apart from any thing else deals with his own suffering , he deals with it by ministering to the needs of other people , and this surely then must be one of the most strange and one of the most interviews that our lord ever had when he was here on earth , with this dying thief , but he was more than a thief he was a er , he was a re a rebel , he was a terrorist or a freedom fighter depending on which way you wanted to look at it and he was dying for his crimes and he was n't alone because there there was this man we 've been talking about , there was Jesus and there was another one , another criminal on the other side and we find that this is all in keeping with what god had promised , all there in , in line with his prophecy way back in Iziah chapter fifty three , it tells us that he was numbered with the transgressors , that he died with sinful men with , with law breakers and here it is its happening right in front of the , the very eyes of the Jewish leaders and the jewish authorities our lords intention in coming into the world was to save men and women , to seek out and to save sinners , remember thirty odd years previous to this event the word had come , for Mary his mother , to Joseph , we will call his name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins and later on writing to Timothy the apostle Paul in the first chapter of the first book in verse fifteen he says it is a trust worthy statement deserving full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , this was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , that we can plan our life out and try and live up to his standards , he says I 've come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost and here in this incident as he himself is dying and is in physical pain and torment he is carrying out this very work , of seeking out and saving of those who will turn to him , those who will put their trust in him , he is saving the lost , and we see in a wonderful how great the compassion of Jesus was and is , in reaching out and rescuing those who are lost , here we see our lord suffering the most terrible agony and yet in the midst of his own sorrow and pain and , and torment he thinks of this dying thief and extends his grace and mercy to him . |
| 22 | Good start and I 've found by adopting this approach I 've been able to erm help clients in many areas which has saved them tax or making their money work harder for them . |
| 23 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 24 | But this thing we 've been doing with an acid and an alkali , most of the bases will do it as well , |
| 25 | Yes of course , er , you know this thing we 've been talking about joining with the |
| 26 | Last year they were calling it Howards ' Way with horses , this year they 've been calling it Howards ' Way without boats . |
| 27 | We 've actually been successful in that again because we 've got , last year I think we got six thousand pounds , and this year we 've been told we can have eighty percent of the same again . |
| 28 | This year I 've been thinking about the many faces of the moon and the wonderfully romantic and lovely patterns you can achieve with the moon as your theme , whether it 's a slender crescent or full harvest , hunter 's or honey moon . |
| 29 | So what I intend to do from this week is that very thing , try and fill in as it were and er make up for what was n't covered in the classes because I must admit that this year I 've been struck by the high st high standard of the class presentations . |
| 30 | All this time you 've been living a dream , and now you 've seen that dream in the flesh you torment yourself even more . ’ |