Example sentences of "you 've been " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If you 've been in care most of your life , there 's nowhere you can go . |
| 32 | Something you 've been through ? |
| 33 | For white middleclass males , however , pride and dignity has little resonance , when all your life you 've been trained to be aspirational and competitive . |
| 34 | He loves you , he 's a good bloke , you 've been together for over a year . |
| 35 | ‘ You 've been reading Jane 's magazines again . ’ |
| 36 | You just have n't heard about it because you 've been too busy . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ And if you do n't get out of here I 'll tell him you 've been up in the woods with a dog . |
| 38 | ‘ Tell us where you 've been . |
| 39 | ‘ You 've been making a bloody exception in my case ever since I 've been on the corporate payroll ’ he yelled . |
| 40 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 41 | Now you 've been patched up , your hull 's been scraped , a lick of paint and you 're ready to get back into the great sea of life . |
| 42 | He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’ |
| 43 | Wait until he knows what else you 've been up to ! ’ |
| 44 | You 'll have to let them know you 've been called up . ’ |
| 45 | Perhaps you 'll tell me where you 've been ? ’ |
| 46 | Because you 've been crackers about Christopher , in love with him from the cradle . |
| 47 | ‘ And where d' you think you 've been to this time of night ? ’ |
| 48 | ‘ Where d' you think you 've been to ? ’ |
| 49 | Potential regional final hosts should tell us how long you 've been running exemption shows and give as much background information as possible . |
| 50 | If you 've been to any of the major house parties , you 'd know them by sight , if not by name . |
| 51 | ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double . |
| 52 | So , this is the secret you 've been incubating , Roirbak , Jahsaxa thought , curled in her office late at night , turning a glass of rich , golden mezcal in her hands . |
| 53 | ‘ So that 's what you 've been hiding away for ! ’ |
| 54 | ‘ So you 've been to Woodbrook ? |
| 55 | Your conductors ' competitions brought on some new talent , beginning with the Finnish conductor Okko Kamu , who won the first competition in 1969 ; and you 've been a great help to most of the new generation of top conductors — Abbado , Ozawa , and so on . |
| 56 | When we were watching the end of the film of Brahms 's First Symphony which you 've been editing , I noticed you giving a very accurate two-handed performance of the timpani part on the table in front of you . |
| 57 | I 'm delighted that you 've been able to come along at such short notice . |
| 58 | You 've been twisted something rotten , |
| 59 | ‘ You 're not a new girl any more , you 've been here nearly a day . |
| 60 | ‘ Because you 've been pushed around so often . ’ |