Example sentences of "you 've be [v-ing] " in BNC.

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31 You 've been drinking again , Peggy , ’ and she turned her head away .
32 You 've been drinking as well — are you trying to kill yourself ? ’
33 You 've been drinking . ’
34 You 've been drinking and you 're talking a lot of rubbish .
35 You 've been drinking , Sir John ? ’
36 But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not
37 If you 've been drinking beer you can you ca n't smell beer on anybody else , can you ?
38 You 've been drinking again tonight have n't you ?
39 You bolt on the tail and wings you 've been towing behind on a trailer , flip a couple of switches on the dashboard , and then find a strip of flat land to take off from .
40 ‘ So that 's what you 've been hiding away for ! ’
41 ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’
42 For far too long you 've been hiding your light under a bushel .
43 At the rate you 've been goin' on , that might be a bit sooner or a bit later .
44 You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’
45 Anyway , I gather you 've been delving into prehistory — Marks , was n't it ?
46 Have Walsall always played in the same colours as long as you 've been supporting them ?
47 You 've been getting on very well here and I 've had glowing reports from Mrs Martin about your work , but if you feel it your duty to go home I understand .
48 As your float approaches the section where you 've been getting most bites , you dress the line again , following the downstream progress of your float with the tip of your rod .
49 As I mentioned , you 've been getting some advocacy experience , although you might not have realized it , in litigation already .
50 you 've been getting .
51 Not long before the end of term now , pooh looking forward to er , going home to get some real food inside you I dare say , as opposed to the gruel you 've been getting in hall .
52 Let's see how you 've been getting on .
53 I 've noticed that some of the apples you 've been getting from Safeway have n't been very good .
54 Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary .
55 Now I should like the name and address of the authority who employ you , the name of your landlady and that of the school in which you 've been teaching . ’
56 I said , Oh do n't bother I always I always get people ringing up saying so and so 's mother or father says or someone says you 've been teaching them and can you take me or can you take my son or daughter and it always works like that .
57 Ever since we met , my dear , so gently and subtly you 've been teaching me , you and Miguelito , and instead of thanking you I had this attack of childish pique and blamed you for hurting my feelings !
58 You 've been teaching as well , really ?
59 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 ! ’
60 You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense .
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