Example sentences of "'ve just been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 've just been to see Jean there at the chippy . |
| 32 | ‘ I 've just been given a present . ’ |
| 33 | you 're going to work in there , you 've just been given a , your , your standard value which is gross , thousand and thousand of dollars , now how are you going to spend that money that you 've got for |
| 34 | gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription . |
| 35 | Before Rachel was born I bought about six stretchsuits , and I 've just been given 12 more but I have n't had to spend much on her clothes yet because I 've had so many presents . |
| 36 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
| 37 | That 's right section three , it should be blank at the moment except for what you 've just been given . |
| 38 | Then that particular Saturday , Leith 's outgoing if slightly irresponsible brother had come to tell her excitedly , ‘ I 've just been chatting to Rosemary Green ! ’ |
| 39 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 40 | We 've just been overcharged for this sandwich . |
| 41 | By the way , I 've just been glancing through my fixture list , and it seems to me that the real test of our recent good form will come in December/early January . |
| 42 | worked up the ladder , but , what 's required in a judge , I would say , put putting for the moment , what we 've just been discussing on the side , that is , any question of bias , or sex bias , a judge is there in court , to perform an intellectual . |
| 43 | Or indeed the work that you 've just been discussing that we 've all pursued jointly in pinning down the government on the transfer of undertakings directive . |
| 44 | ‘ Tommy , you 've just been cautioned for the murder of … ‘ |
| 45 | You 've just been appointed as a care assistant . |
| 46 | These are the people to whom , for example , you write if you 've just been appointed liquidator of a company and want to get its VAT payments sorted out . |
| 47 | ‘ I 've just been telling the captain . |
| 48 | You 've just been telling us all what a relief it was to get out of the city . ’ |
| 49 | Is n't that what you 've just been telling me ? |
| 50 | ‘ You mean that 's the monster you 've just been telling me all about ? ’ |
| 51 | Though , ever a man to confuse her , he greeted her pleasantly , ‘ Good morning , darling , ’ and , in case she had n't got the message that the endearment was only on account of their audience , ‘ I 've just been telling my uncle that we 'll be leaving after breakfast . ’ |
| 52 | Er so it 's mainly erm what I 've just been telling you about cleaning all |
| 53 | no , when you get someone 's relative phoning up because they 've just been crushed under a lump of machinery , that 's is very fraught . |
| 54 | Well , but I 've just been conversing with ghosts myself . |
| 55 | ‘ I have a feeling I 've just been conned , Father . |
| 56 | ‘ I 've just been hearing about Pat 's epic poem about the ‘ other side ’ , ’ said Alison . |
| 57 | Looked a sensible , down-to-earth type to me , and he might be a corrective to what we 've just been hearing . |
| 58 | Stan , as we 've just been hearing from Michael Medleycote , there 's a new initiative from the British Tourist Authority . |
| 59 | ‘ I 've just been posting a letter for poor Mrs. Fanshawe , Sister , ’ she said virtuously . |
| 60 | I 've just been borrowing you . |