Example sentences of "'ve only been [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned her face towards him there was a twinkle in her round brown eyes and a touch of sarcasm in her tone as she answered , ‘ No , sergeant , no ; I 've only been up since half-past six . |
| 2 | I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon . |
| 3 | that 's your first time round , we 've only been round twice |
| 4 | I 've only been out of prison three months . |
| 5 | We 've only been out five minutes . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't dislike it , but I 've only been out with Charles about three times … ’ |
| 7 | We 've been growing at a fairly significant rate considering we 've only been back about five years . |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't seen either of them but I 've only been back a little while , ’ replied Melissa . |
| 9 | I 've only been back on the case , in cosmic terms , about two-and-a-half minutes . |
| 10 | Well you 've bloody registered and you 've only been back a month have n't you ? |
| 11 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 12 | He snapped his lighter , I 've only been down here six months . |
| 13 | Having worked for a number of years now in community health services , previously erm in Yorkshire , in fact I 've only been down in Oxford about four or five months , I 've learnt how important it is in fact to make good working contacts with members and officers of other organizations , and particularly of local authority organizations . |