Example sentences of "'ve [be] " in BNC.

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31 We 've been really worried about you , you know . ’
32 To you it 's just home , but to me it 's the place I 've been trying to get to .
33 The Senate wants to merge us into University College and we 've been told we 'll have to get rid of some of our staff — it may all be very neat and tidy for the bureaucrats , but it 's going to be absolutely disastrous for some people .
34 ‘ Yes , I 've been making some enquiries about nightschools .
35 ‘ You 've been to a lot of trouble over this , Paul , thank you .
36 ‘ There 've been good things and bad things , but I 've survived .
37 Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun !
38 They 've been a great help , actually .
39 If you 've snapped up one our handsome binders you 'll find , towards the end of the year , that because we 've been able to pack so many pages into Britain 's newest , brightest gardening magazine , things are getting , well , rather full .
40 And if you 've been watching BBC 's Masterchef series , the winning recipes are also in Good Food , on sale August 8 .
41 Said a lot of things I 've been meaning to for a long time . ’
42 ‘ I 've been touching you with my eyes , ’ said Lucy .
43 ‘ Just I know you 've been busy and enjoying your friends .
44 I 've been really glad about that .
45 Because he never meant bitchiness , because he was kind like all good people who 've been hurt , he never minded .
46 Goddam it to held lady , you 've been straight all your life .
47 ‘ I 've been married , ’ said Lucy .
48 ‘ I 'm going to get drunk , to hell , I 've been half drunk half my life , who gives a fuck if I 'm drunk again ?
49 ‘ You 've been like a YTS trainee for the past millennia .
50 ‘ I 've been over it for years .
51 I 've been so busy .
52 ‘ You 've been lovely to me .
53 ‘ You 've been with us , now ,
54 ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on .
55 ‘ So , tell me how you 've been , what you 've been doing .
56 ‘ So , tell me how you 've been , what you 've been doing .
57 I 've been saving it .
58 ‘ I 've been telling Veronica about the week we had in Scotland .
59 I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’
60 ‘ I 've been wondering , now it seems , well , you 're leaving , why did you turn Socialist ?
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