Example sentences of "[pron] 've [be] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 've been to fifteen funerals of my friends this year . |
2 | I see how I 've been losing : all the while |
3 | Siegfried , I do n't know what you 'll think , but I 've been recommended for the MC — and I 've recommended every single NCO who was with me . |
4 | ‘ Chinese and Western cuisines have very different styles , but since I 've been here , I 've realised that once chefs have the chance to exchange views and work together , it 's very easy to adapt to a new style of cooking . |
5 | I 've been framed ! |
6 | ‘ I think , ’ he said , ‘ I 've been forgetting something . ’ |
7 | ‘ I 've been stabbed in the back . ’ |
8 | Realistically , I 've been applying for the sort of job that will pay me enough money to keep me going when I retire . |
9 | I 've been difficult material to work with , have n't I ? ’ |
10 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
11 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
12 | ‘ Oh , I 've been a schoolteacher , a receptionist , a chambermaid , all sorts of things really . ’ |
13 | ‘ I 've been very lucky , ’ I realized . |
14 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
15 | ‘ Dorothy , I 've been thinking . |
16 | ‘ I 've been here before so I know a little bit . |
17 | To you it 's just home , but to me it 's the place I 've been trying to get to . |
18 | ‘ Yes , I 've been making some enquiries about nightschools . |
19 | 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 ! |
20 | Said a lot of things I 've been meaning to for a long time . ’ |
21 | ‘ I 've been touching you with my eyes , ’ said Lucy . |
22 | I 've been really glad about that . |
23 | ‘ I 've been married , ’ said Lucy . |
24 | ‘ 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 ? |
25 | ‘ I 've been over it for years . |
26 | I 've been so busy . |
27 | ‘ I 've been selling patchwork for some time now , ’ she went on . |
28 | I 've been saving it . |
29 | ‘ I 've been telling Veronica about the week we had in Scotland . |
30 | I 've been asked to write about it and I said I 'd give it a think . ’ |