Example sentences of "as [conj] [pron] 've been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I f I shall feel as if we 've been from here cos when I was first married we lived up round the next road . |
| 2 | Most of the flowerbeds that look as if they 've been there forever were in fact made after Peter 's death . |
| 3 | The graphics look as if they 've been ported directly across from a Spectrum . |
| 4 | It looks as if they 've been washed . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's almost as if they 've been told to keep their distance . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes my tears are so hot they feel as if they 've been baking inside me , sometimes they feel bigger and wetter , sometimes rather lighter and not so salty . |
| 7 | Well do do n't look as if they 've been used does it ? |
| 8 | I did hang them up matron said Mary Lou mildly , I know I did , then Mary Lou 's tennis racket sudden showed three broken strings , they were not frayed , but looked as if they 've been cut , Mary Lou was upset . |
| 9 | And er video camera and lighting among them and er they look as if they 've been in place for hours . |
| 10 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 11 | ‘ But it looks as if I 've been lucky and escaped the worst of it . |
| 12 | The tree blurs , as if I 've been crying |
| 13 | I can just hear your voice answering the phone , as if I 've been to the shop for some ciggies and I 'm back late . |
| 14 | " Lord , I feel as if I 've been living with this case for ever ! " |
| 15 | " Do you know , I feel as if I 've been asleep . |
| 16 | I feel as if I 've been whisked away to another world , ’ she breathed , her face radiant . |
| 17 | ‘ Carrington , I must admit I never much believed in any of this malarkey , but it looks as if I 've been proved wrong . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel , ’ he said , ‘ as if I 've been waiting a hundred years for you . ’ |
| 19 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 20 | I feel very bitter about this , it seems as if I 've been wasting my time . ’ |
| 21 | I have to you know , and , and besides , when I come out of there I look like as if I 've been . |
| 22 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 23 | ‘ My word , ’ said the sergeant , gazing at her blackened face and hands and torn frock , ‘ you look as if you 've been climbing trees . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And you 're dirty and sloppy and you look as if you 've been dragged backwards through a hedge , the lot of you ! |
| 25 | That way it will look as if you 've been asking around about me . ’ |
| 26 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been waiting a long time , ’ she said soothingly . |
| 28 | You look as if you 've been in a concentration camp you do ! and that 's the truth . |
| 29 | Every area you look at South Africa in a report I gave to the Norwegian government which they commissioned we pointed out every area is like a major disaster area as if you 've been hit by an earthquake in every area of human activity and that situation needs something like a martial plan if we are , a martial aid plan , if we 're to address it but in the world we live in there 's no prospect of such assistance coming to Southern Africa . |
| 30 | ‘ Sounds as if you 've been making a few plans , Mr Calder ! ’ |