Example sentences of "i 've [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've just been over to see Madge and guess what ? |
| 32 | I 've just been looking at the end-May figures and notice we 're just about holding our own on the Gesamt . |
| 33 | ‘ I 've just been robbed ! |
| 34 | I 've just been lucky so far , touch wood . |
| 35 | ‘ I 've just been hearing about Pat 's epic poem about the ‘ other side ’ , ’ said Alison . |
| 36 | ‘ I 've just been telling the captain . |
| 37 | But all the same , it was fun to telephone home from Huntingdon that evening and electrify the family by saying , ‘ You 'll never guess where I 've just been ! ’ and listen to their admiring and incredulous comments . |
| 38 | ‘ Not too good , ’ I said , ‘ I 've just been told that Punch is closing . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 40 | I 've just been round to see Mrs Reynolds in the village , and she 's adamant that all the kitchen and scullery windows were closed when she left at nine-thirty . |
| 41 | I 'm not actually sure what model it is — I think it 's a 335 Dot — but I 've just been out and bought another one for a spare , and luckily enough it feels exactly the same . |
| 42 | Well , but I 've just been conversing with ghosts myself . |
| 43 | Well , I 've just been round the tents and Lyons are hopping mad ! |
| 44 | That 's a sprinter 's example , but it 's the same for any athletic performance , as I 've just been reminded by watching the astonishing improvement of Ray Davidson in these past few years . |
| 45 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 46 | I 've just been made redundant after 30 years as an engineer with British Telecom . ’ |
| 47 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 48 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |
| 49 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 51 | I 've just been talking to Captain Montgomery . |
| 52 | ‘ What an interesting coincidence or , in view of what I 've just been learning , perhaps not all that much of a coincidence . |
| 53 | ‘ Ca n't think why , Carrots , I 've just been steamrollered . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ I 've just been tellin' you how Mr Winterburn chased me all over the house when 'is fam'ly was at church one Sunday . |
| 55 | ‘ I 've just been there ! |
| 56 | ‘ I have a feeling I 've just been conned , Father . |
| 57 | Though , it 's just that , one of the things that Caroline actually , er working on with Warwick University is a way of re-looking at public services and how there funded right , it 's basically to help David to make the case with Margaret Margaret for more money with the local Government , but erm I mean the sort of things we 've been getting into is like when you considering paying for public services , should you , should you pay like in advance like through the National Insurance System or like , like I mean the French Health Service for example , people pay it for ambulances when they use them , though they pay on a differential rate , but I mean it 's an issue to debate , it 's right , and I 've just been thinking about lavatory while you 've been speaking . |
| 58 | ‘ And I 've just been back and checked just to be sure , ’ his mate added . |
| 59 | I in fact I 've just been shown a different copy of this , Gwen has just shown me a different copy and the colour 's is totally different , its a very , very poor erm print and , when I was looking at this through my book , the background was very strange and I felt that almost had been painted by a totally different artist , but having seen Gwin 's , er Gwen 's |
| 60 | ‘ I 've just been talking to Mrs Flaherty , ’ she said . |